Word Summary
perikephalaia: a helmet
Original Word: περικεφαλαίαTransliteration: perikephalaia
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-kef-al-ah'-yah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a helmet
Meaning: a helmet
Strong's Concordance
helmet.
Feminine of a compound of peri and kephale; encirclement of the head, i.e. A helmet -- helmet.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK kephale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4030: περικεφαλαίαπερικεφαλαία,
περικεφαλαίας,
ἡ (
περί and
κεφαλή),
a helmet:
1 Thessalonians 5:8;
τοῦ σωτηρίου (from
Isaiah 59:17), i. e. dropping the figure, the protection of soul which consists in (the hope of) salvation,
Ephesians 6:17. (
Polybius; the
Sept. for
כּובַע .)