Cephas

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cephas
     a Syriac surname given by Christ to Simon (John 1:42), meaning
     "rock." The Greeks translated it by Petros, and the Latins by
     Petrus.
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Cephas, a rock or stone