Caiaphas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Caiāphās, from Ancient Greek Καϊάφας (Kaïáphas), from Hebrew קַיָפָא (qayafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/

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Proper noun

Caiaphas

1. A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Translations

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE.

• Aghwan: 𐕄𐔰𐔺𐔰𐕢𐔰 (ḳayapa)
• Arabic: قيافا m

  Egyptian Arabic: قيافا m

• Armenian: Կայիափա (Kayiapʻa)

  Old Armenian: Կայիափա (Kayiapʻa)

• Basque: Kaifas
• Belarusian: Каіяфа m (Kaijafa)
• Bulgarian: Каяфа m (Kajafa)
• Catalan: Caifàs m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 該亞法／该亚法 (Gāiyàfǎ)

• Corsican: Caifassu
• Czech: Kaifáš m
• Dutch: Kajafas m
• Esperanto: Kajafas
• Finnish: Kaifas
• French: Caïphe m
• German: Kajaphas m, Kaiphas m, Kaifas m, Kaiaphas m, Kajafas m
• Greek: Καϊάφας (el) m (Kaïáfas)

  Ancient: Καϊάφας m (Kaïáphas)

• Hebrew: קיפא m
• Indonesian: Kayafas
• Italian: Caifa m, Caifas m, Caifasso m
• Japanese: カイアファ
• Kazakh: Қаяфа (Qaäfa)
• Korean: 가야파 (gayapa)
• Latin: Caiaphas m, Caiphas m
• Malagasy: Kaiafa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kaifas m

  Nynorsk: Kaifas m

• Persian: قیافا
• Polish: Kajfasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caifás m
• Romanian: Caiafa m
• Russian: Каиа́фа m (Kaiáfa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кајафа m

  Roman: Kajfa m

• Slovene: Kajfa m
• Spanish: Caifás m
• Swahili: Kayafa
• Swedish: Kajafas c
• Tibetan: ཀ་ཡ་ཕཱ། (ka ya phā)
• Ukrainian: Каяфа m (Kajafa)
• Waray-Waray: Caiaphas
• Welsh: Caiaffas m
• West Frisian: Kajafas c

Anagrams

• aphasiac

Latin

Alternative forms

• Caīphās

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καϊάφας (Kaïáphas), from Biblical Hebrew קיפא (Qayaṗa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kai̯ˈi̯aː.pʰaːs/, [käi̯ˈi̯äːpʰäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈja.fas/, [käˈjäːfäs]

Proper noun

Caiāphās m sg (genitive Caiāphae); first declension

1. Caiaphas

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Caiāphās
genitive	Caiāphae
dative	Caiāphae
accusative	Caiāphān
ablative	Caiāphā
vocative	Caiāphā