H3730 - כַּפְתֹּר (kaphtôr)

H3730 כַּפְתֹּר (kaphtôr) kaf-tore'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or (Am. 9:1) kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; 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: knop, (upper) lintel.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כַּפְתּוֹר (kaph.tor) — capital. 1) bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar 1a) knob, bulb (as ornament) 1b) capital (of a pillar)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כַּפְתֹּור (H3730 · H3731)

noun m

Furnishings

calyx = object in the shape of the bud of a flower; ◄ part of the lampstand located in the tabernacle; ► added for decoration purposes

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

Constructions

capital = top part of pillar

AMO 9:1 · ZEP 2:14

name · כַּפְתֹּרִים

Names of Locations

Caphtor = name of area, probably to be identified with Crete; ► land of origin of the Philistines

DEU 2:23 · JER 47:4 · AMO 9:7

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כַּפְתּוֹר, כַּפְתֹּר n.m. 1. capital. 2. knob, bulb base