κεφᾰλ-ίς G2777
A scroll, roll of writing material, or rolled document
This diminutive of 'head' came to mean the knob on a scroll's roller, then the scroll itself. Hebrews 10:7 quotes Psalm 40, 'in the scroll of the book it is written of me,' with Christ speaking of messianic prophecy recorded in Scripture. The Spanish 'rollo' and German 'Buchrolle' both emphasize the rolled form. This image connects Christ's coming to written prophetic testimony requiring unrolling and reading.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to a rolled book or scroll, the standard form of written documents in antiquity. In the Hebrews quotation, this 'scroll of the book' represents the accumulated scriptural witness that points forward to Messiah, which Christ claims as his own divine script—he comes to fulfill what has been written. 1×
AR["دَرْج"]·ben["গ্রন্থ-পুস্তকের"]·DE["Buchrolle"]·EN["scroll"]·FR["Buchrolle"]·heb["מְגִלַּת"]·HI["शीर्षक"]·IT["kephalidi"]·jav["gulungan"]·KO["두루마리에"]·PT["rolo"]·RU["свитке"]·ES["rollo"]·SW["gombo"]·TR["tomarunda"]·urd["طومار"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κεφᾰλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, diminutive of κεφαλή, little head, σκορόδου Refs 2nd c.AD+; head of a nail, Refs 2nd c.AD+; extremity, τῶν σκυταλίδων Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II capital of a column, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, ={κρόσσαι}, Refs __III toe-cap of a shoe, Refs 4th c.BC+, cf. Anon. (at [prev. work]); of the foot of a table, Refs __IV rope attached to the bow of a ship, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __V κ. βιβλίου roll, LXX