H3730 - כַּפְתֹּר (kaphtôr)

H3730 כַּפְתֹּר (kaphtôr) kaf-tore'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

capital

Strong's 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

Derivation: or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle;

KJV Usage: knop, (upper) lintel.

TWOT Reference: 1029

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar

1a) knob, bulb (as ornament)

1b) capital (of a pillar)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כַּפְתּוֹר / כַּפְתֹּר kaphtôr BDB Definition: 1) bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar 1a) knob, bulb (as ornament) 1b) capital (of a pillar) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from an unused root meaning to encircle Same Word by TWOT Number: 1029 Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (12)

25:31 25:33 25:34 25:35 25:36 37:17 37:19 37:20 37:21 37:22

9:1

2:14

Exodus 25:31

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 25:33

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 25:35

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches -, a bud under the second pair -, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 25:36

The buds and branches... are to be all of one piece [with the lampstand], hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 37:17

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece...: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 37:19

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.