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καὶ ἀπήγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς Ἄνναν πρῶτον· ἦν γὰρ πενθερὸς τοῦ Καϊάφα, ὃς ἦν ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐκείνου.
RBT Greek Interlinear:
2532  [list]
kai
καὶ
and
Conj
71  [list]
ēgagon
ἤγαγον
brought [him]
V-AIA-3P
4314  [list]
pros
πρὸς
toward
Prep
452  [list]
Hannan
Ἅνναν
Annas
N-AMS
4412  [list]
prōton
πρῶτον
first
Adv-S
1510  [list]
ēn
ἦν
was
V-IIA-3S
1063  [list]
gar
γὰρ
for
Conj
3995  [list]
pentheros
πενθερὸς
father-in-law
N-NMS
3588  [list]
tou
τοῦ
the
Art-GMS
2533  [list]
Kaiapha
Καϊάφα
Caiaphas
N-GMS
3739  [list]
hos
ὃς
that
RelPro-NMS
1510  [list]
ēn
ἦν
was
V-IIA-3S
749  [list]
archiereus
ἀρχιερεὺς
high priest
N-NMS
3588  [list]
tou
τοῦ
the
Art-GMS
1763  [list]
eniautou
ἐνιαυτοῦ
year
N-GMS
1565  [list]
ekeinou
ἐκείνου
that one
DPro-GMS
RBT Translation:
and they were leading toward He is has Favored [Hannan] first, for he was a father-in-law of Depresser [Caiaphas]115b who was Chief Priest of the Year of that one.
LITV Translation:
And they led Him away first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest of that year.
ESV Translation:
First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

Footnotes

115b

Strongs NT #2533 Καϊάφα. Caiaphas. The Depresser

"supposed by many to be the same as כֵּפָא, a stone, a rock; others more correctly equivalent to כָּיְפָא, depression, Targ. on Proverbs 16:26 (according to Delitzsch (Brief and. Röm. ins Hebrew etc., p. 28) קַיָפָא)"

Thayers Greek Lexicon

In the Targum, specifically on Proverbs 16:26, the word appears to be associated with the latter meaning, signifying a "depression."

Proverbs 16:26 says "for he has pressed/drove down upon himself the mouth." The Hebrew for "pressing/driving" is אכף (akaph). The verb אכף is only found in this verse. In Arabic it came to mean "saddle". Cf. Strongs Hebrew #404. 

The Targumim are ancient Aramaic translations and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, originating during the Second Temple period to provide explanations and translations for Aramaic-speaking Jewish communities. These oral traditions were eventually codified into written texts, with Targum Onkelos and Targum Jonathan among the most well-known, believed to have been standardized around the early centuries CE but reflecting much earlier origins.