- Original: περικεφαλαία - Transliteration: Perikephalaia - Phonetic: per-ee-kef-al-ah'-yah - Definition: 1. a helmet 2. metaph. a. the protection of the soul which consists in (the hope of) salvation - Origin: from a compound of G4012 and G2776 - TDNT entry: 10:14,7 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of a compound of G4012 and G2776 ; encirclement of the head that is a helmet: - helmet. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • helmet, 2 Eph 6:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8