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Strong's #2533: Kaiaphas (pronounced kah-ee-af'-as)

of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite:--Caiaphas.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Kaiaphas

Caiaphas = "as comely"

1) a high priest of the Jews appointed to that office by Valerius Gratus, governor of Judaea, after removal of Simon, son of Camith, A.D. 18, and was removed A.D. 36 by Vitellius, governor of Syria, who appointed Jonathan, son of Ananus (Annus, father-in-law of Caiaphas), his successor

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: of Aramaic origin




Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

Matthew 26:3: "of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,"
Matthew 26:57: "on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the"
Luke 3:2: "Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came"
John 11:49: "And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same"
John 18:13: "first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest"
John 18:14: "Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that"
John 18:24: "him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest."
John 18:28: "led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and"
Acts 4:6: "the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander,"









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