G2774

κεφάλαιος

kephalaiosG:N-N

sum

κεφάλαιος, -α, -ον (κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Num_4:2, al. ;] of the head; metaphorically, principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό; __1. the chief point: Heb.8:1. __2. the sum total, amount: Act.22:28 (other meaning, LS, see word).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2774 in the following manner:

sum (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κεφάλαιον — kephálaion

κεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry);

1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Heb 8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down).

2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg.summa): Act 22:28; so Lev 6:5; Num 5:7; Num 31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.).

2 occurrences

Acts (1), Hebrews (1)