Word study · Greek

anakephalaióō

to sum up, to bring together under one head

Say it: an-ak-ef-al-eye-OH-o (approximate)

ἀνακεφαλαιόω

What it means

To gather up under a single head, to sum up (from kephalē, "head"). In 1:10, God's plan is "to sum up all things in Christ." In Romans 13:9 the commandments are "summed up" in the word, "love your neighbor."

Range of meaning

  • Sum upGather into a whole.
  • Unite under one headBring under Christ.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 1

    "To sum up all things in Christ" (1:10).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0346 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources