Category: Anthroponyms

Only twice do the gospels refer to Jesus as a carpenter. But the word might not mean what we think it does.

“Σίμων/Simon”, “Κηφᾶς/Cephas” and “Πέτρος/Peter” are the New Testament’s three different names for St. Peter. These names have long given rise to numerous scholarly theories and explanations. Here is an anthroponymic approach to the meaning and etymology of Simon, Peter and Cephas.