כֹּתֶרֶת
kōteret
capital
Strong's H3805NounHebrewTWOT 1060c

כֹּתֶרֶת (kōteret) is a Hebrew noun meaning capital. It appears 24 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3805).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1060c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1060c)capital, surrounding, crowning; capital of a column; chapiter
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כֹּתֶ֫רֶת noun, feminine: capital, surrounding, crowning

כּוֹתֶ֫רֶת noun, feminine capital of a pillar (as surrounding, crowning its top)

Strong's H3805 כֹתֶרֶת: the capital of a column
KJV:chapiter.

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.

Root family 1060: כָּתַר kātar — surround; surrounding; throw out crowns; enclose, crown, besiege, wait; beset round, compass about, inclose round, suffer

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 7:162 Kings 25:172 Chronicles 4:12

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