Bible Names

Cephas: meaning of the name

Cephas means “a rock or stone.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Cephas in Hebrew and Greek

Κηφᾶς G2786

Kēphâs — the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter

of Chaldee origin (compare H03710);

Cephas in Scripture

“Cephas” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

  • John 1:42

    And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:12

    Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:22

    Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

  • 1 Corinthians 9:5

    Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • 1 Corinthians 15:5

    And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

  • Galatians 2:9

    And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.