Cephas

Morrish Bible Dictionary

An Aramaic name, signifying 'a stone,' equivalent to 'Peter,' given to Simon.  John 1:42;  1 Corinthians 1:12;  1 Corinthians 3:22;  1 Corinthians 9:5;  1 Corinthians 15:5;  Galatians 2:9 .

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 John 1:42 (a) This name means a "rock" or a "stone." The bit of stone that is chipped off from the great rock is of the same texture and chemical composition as the one from which it comes. Peter belonged to Christ and therefore was recognized by GOD as a part of CHRIST. The name "Peter" has the same meaning.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Cephas ( Sç'Fas ), Rock. A Syriac surname given to Simon, which in the Greek is rendered Petros, and in the Latin Petrus, both signifying "a rock."  John 1:42. See Peter.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A rock, a Syriac or later Hebrew name given to Peter by Christ,  John 1:42 . The Greek Petros and the Latin Petrus have the same meaning. See Peter .

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

Κηφας , from כיפא , a rock. The Greek Πετρος , and the Latin Petrus, have the same signification. See Peter .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ce'phas. See Peter .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 John 1:42

Holman Bible Dictionary

Peter

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CEPHAS . See Peter.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

See Peter.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Galatians 2:11) was sometimes distinguished from Peter by early Christian writers, and said to be one of the seventy disciples by Clement of Alexandria ( Hypoypposes, ) as recorded by Eusebius (H. E. 1, 12). In the list of the seventy ascribed to Dorotheus, lie is specified as bishop of Cannia. In the menology of Basil he is commemorated on Dec. 9, but nothing is said of him in the Synaxarion there given. The Armenian calendar commemorates Apollos and Cephas as disciples of Paul, Sept. 25. Dr. Lightfoot ( Galatians, p. 128.) refers to the constitutions of the Egyptian Church as representing him as one of the twelve distinct from Peter.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ce´phas, a surname which Christ bestowed upon Simon (), and which corresponds with Peter, both words meaning a 'rock,' which is the signification of the original [PETER].