κεφαλίς in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) a little head
2) the highest part, extremity of anything
2a) as the capital of a column
2b) the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads
3) the Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself
3a) in the roll of the book
Part of Speech: noun feminine

Strong

G2777
From G2776; properly a knob, that is, (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled): - volume.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
section of a scroll6.67

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

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