Καϊάφας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew קיפא (qayaṗa) and -ς (-s, “declension suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.i.ǎː.pʰaːs/ → /ka.iˈa.ɸas/ → /ka.iˈa.fas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.i.ǎː.pʰaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈa.pʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈa.ɸas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈa.fas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈa.fas/

Proper noun

Καϊᾱ́φᾱς • (Kaïā́phās) m (genitive Καϊᾱ́φᾱ); first declension

1. Caiaphas, Kaiaphas (English variants of the same name), the name of the Jewish high priest to whom Jesus was taken after his capture in Gethsemane.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Καϊᾱ́φᾱς; τοῦ Καϊᾱ́φᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Καϊᾱ́φᾱς ho Kaïā́phās
Genitive	τοῦ Καϊᾱ́φᾱ toû Kaïā́phā
Dative	τῷ Καϊᾱ́φᾳ tôi Kaïā́phāi
Accusative	τὸν Καϊᾱ́φᾱν tòn Kaïā́phān
Vocative	Καϊᾱ́φᾱ Kaïā́phā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• Caiaphas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2533 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Proper noun

Καϊάφας • (Kaïáfas) m

1. Caiaphas, Kaiaphas (English variants of the same name), the name of the Jewish high priest to whom Jesus was taken after his capture in Gethsemane.
2. town at the Peloponnese

Declension

  Καϊάφας

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Καϊάφας •
genitive	Καϊάφα •
accusative	Καϊάφα •
vocative	Καϊάφα •

Related terms

• από τον Άννα στον Καϊάφα (apó ton Ánna ston Kaïáfa, “being ping-pong'ed between people or offices”) (phrase from John, 18)

See also

• Καϊάφας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el (the historical figure)
• Kaiafas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (town)