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Koine Greek wordlink #143275

SR GNT Heb 8:1 κεφάλαιον (kefalaion) ‘the point and in the things’ Strongs=27740 Lemma=kefalaion
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form κεφάλαιον (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κεφάλαιον’ (N-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘the point’.

Heb 8:1 ‘the point and in the things’ SR GNT Heb 8:1 word 1

OET-LV:  And the_point in the things being _spoken: such we _are _having a_chief _priest, who sat _down on the_right of _the throne of _the majesty in the heavens, (HEB_8:1)

OET-RV:  So here’s the main point in what we’re saying: we have a high priest who sat down in the honoured seat beside the majesty’s throne in the heavens (HEB 8:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kefalaion’ have 2 different glosses: ‘the point’, ‘sum’.

Key: N=noun NNS=nominative,neuter,singular