H3730: כַּפְתֹּר
kaphtôr · pronounced kaf-tore' · “capital”
Definition
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV translates it as: knop, (upper) lintel.
Word origin: or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle;
Extended definition
1a) knob, bulb (as ornament)
1b) capital (of a pillar)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3730 is translated
- a bulb ×10
- its ×5
- their ×2
- capital ×1
Bible verses with H3730 (kaphtôr)
Kaphtôr appears in 12 verses.
- 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.
- 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.
- Exodus 25:34
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
- 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.
- Exodus 25:36
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
- 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:
- 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.
- Exodus 37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
- 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.
- Exodus 37:22
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
- 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.
- 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.