כַּפְתּוֹר
kaptôr
capital
Strong's H3730NounHebrewTWOT 1029

כַּפְתּוֹר (kaptôr) is a Hebrew noun meaning capital. It appears 18 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3730).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1029)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1029)capital, knob, bulb; chaplet, button, disk; knop, lintel
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כַּפְתּוֹר noun, masculine: capital, knob, bulb

Strong's H3730 כַּפְתֹּר: a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV:knop, (upper) lintel.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:31Amos 9:1Zephaniah 2:14

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