Given name
Caiaphas
“basket man”·“cryptographer”
Caiaphas is a given name from Latin.
Original GreekΚαιαφας
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Caiaphas means “basket man” or “cryptographer.”
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Where it comes from
Caiaphas is a biblical name from Greek.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun qopa' (קופא), “big round container.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Caiaphas appears in Luke 16:28, John 18:14.
- Luke 16:28
- John 18:14
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Caiaphas’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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