Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H3730 - kap̄tôr

Choose a new font size and typeface
כַּפְתּוֹר
Transliteration
kap̄tôr
Pronunciation
kaf-tore'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root meaning to encircle
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1029

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: כפתור (Strongs and Gesenius) כפתר (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

כַּפְתֹּר kaphtôr, kaf-tore'; or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר kaphtôwr; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H3730 in the following manner: knop (16x), lintel (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H3730 in the following manner: knop (16x), lintel (2x).

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

    1. knob, bulb (as ornament)

    2. capital (of a pillar)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּפְתֹּר kaphtôr, kaf-tore'; or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר kaphtôwr; 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.
STRONGS H3730: Abbreviations
† I. כַּפְתּוֺר כַּפְתֹּר noun masculine 1. capital, 2. knob, bulb (2. perhaps earlier meaning; HoffmZAW iii. (1883), 124, compare Syriac bdb049906 pear (LöwNo. 153), from shape); —
1. כַּפְתּוֺר Amos 9:1 capital of pillar; so plural suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Zephaniah 2:14.
2. כַּפְתֹּר, knob or bulb, ornament on the golden lamp-stand in tabernacle; Greek Version of the LXX σφαιρωτήρ, JosArchaeology iii, 6, 7 ρὁΐσκος small pomegranate; Vulgate. sphaerula: — Exodus 25:33 (twice in verse); Exodus 25:35 (3 times in verse) = Exodus 37:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 37:21 (3 times in verse); suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Exodus 25:31, 34 = Exodus 37:17, 20, כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶם Exodus 25:36 = Exodus 37:22 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

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

Amos

9:1

Zephaniah

2:14

H3730

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3730 matches the Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (kap̄tôr),
which occurs 18 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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, H3730 and his flowers, shall be of the same.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop H3730 and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop H3730 and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops H3730 and their flowers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And there shall be a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, and a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, and a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - Their knops H3730 and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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, H3730 and his flowers, were of the same:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop H3730 and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop H3730 and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, H3730 and his flowers:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - And a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, and a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, and a knop H3730 under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - Their knops H3730 and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, H3730 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 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 H3730 of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.