Matthew 27:39:8Matt.27.39.W8PAT
κεφαλὰς
kephalas
“heads of”
- Transliteration
- ke-pha-LAS
- Extended
- keh-phah-LAHS
- IPA
- /ke.pʰaˈlas/
Meaning by language
- English
- heads of
- French
- têtes de
- Spanish
- cabezas de
- Portuguese
- cabeças de
- German
- Köpfe von
- Russian
- головы
- Arabic-Simplified
- رؤوس
- Hindi
- सिर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 头
- Korean
- 머리들
- Indonesian
- kepala
- Bengali
- মাথা
- Tagalog
- mga ulo
- Swahili
- vichwa
- Amharic
- ራሶች
- Yoruba
- orí
- Igbo
- isi
- Twi
- ti
- Ewe
- tɔwo
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
κε + φα + λὰς
↓
ke + pha + las
↓
kephalas
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-pha-LAS
- sentence
hoi de pa-ra-po-reu-O-me-noi e-vlas-PHÊ-moun au-TON ki-NOU-ntes tas ke-pha-LAS au-TÔN
In context — Matthew 27:39
those then passing by were insulting him shaking the heads of them
About this coordinate
Matthew 27:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 27:39, so the Greek word κεφαλὰς (kephalas) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.27.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.27.39.W8.S1) and character.