Word

περικεφαλαία

perikephalaía · G4030 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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HelmetWarfare14 verses

Meanings

helmet

Protective armor covering the head; used in battle

Examples
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐλπίςhope 1
σωτήριονsaving 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰμίto be 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δέχομαιto receive, to welcome, to accept 1
ἐνδύωto put on, to clothe 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

כּוֹבַע kôwbaʻ · H3553 · helmet: The primary Hebrew term for helmet, a defensive head-covering worn in battle. This is the standard translation equivalent used in the LXX for military headgear contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Helmet6.38: περικεφαλαία names the piece of armor worn on the head. Paul instructs believers to “take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:17).

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κεφαλή kephalḗ · G2776 · head, one who is the head of, one who is superior to · 75×ἀποκεφαλίζω apokephalízō · G607 · to cut the head off, to behead · 4×ἀνακεφαλαίομαι anakephalaíomai · G346 · to bring together · 2×κεφάλαιον kephálaion · G2774 · main point, summary, some money · 2×περικεφαλαίαperikephalaía · G4030κεφαλαιόω kephalaióō · G2775 · to beat on the head · 1×κεφαλίς kephalís · G2777 · section, scroll · 1×προσκεφάλαιον proskephálaion · G4344 · cushion, pillow · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon περικεφαλαίας, ἡ (περί and κεφαλή), a helmet: 1 Thess 5:8; τοῦ σωτηρίου (from Isa 59:17),…

περικεφαλαίας, ἡ (περί and κεφαλή), a helmet: 1 Thess 5:8; τοῦ σωτηρίου (from Isa 59:17), i. e. dropping the figure, the protection of soul which consists in (the hope of) salvation, Eph 6:17. (Polybius; the Sept. for כּובַע.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Weapons and Armor2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0