Strong H3730כַּפְתּוֹר

capital

Transliteration
kaphtôr kaphtôr
Pronunciation
{kaf-tore'} kaf-tore'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic {sense} that {is} the capital of a {column} or a wreath like button or disk on the candelabrum: - {knop} (upper) lintel.

Detailed definition

1) bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar
1a) knob, bulb (as ornament)
1b) capital (of a pillar)

In the Bible

Strong H3730 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • knops6
  • knop4
  • door1
  • lintel1

First verses

  1. Exodus 25:31
    And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
  2. Exodus 25:33
    Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
  3. Exodus 25:34
    And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
  4. Exodus 25:35
    And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
  5. Exodus 25:36
    Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
  6. Exodus 37:17
    And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
  7. Exodus 37:19
    Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
  8. Exodus 37:20
    And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
  9. Exodus 37:21
    And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
  10. Exodus 37:22
    Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
  11. Amos 9:1
    I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
  12. Zephaniah 2:14
    And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
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