STRONGS NUMBER G4030


Word Summary
perikephalaia: a helmet
Original Word: περικεφαλαία
Transliteration: 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: περικεφαλαία

περικεφαλαία, περικεφαλαίας, (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 .)