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Lexicon :: Strong's H3730 - kap̄tôr

Aa
כַּפְתּוֹר
Transliteration
kap̄tôr
Pronunciation
kaf-tore'
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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.
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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

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And on the pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And on its pillar, four cups like almond flowers, every one with its bud and its flower;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - I saw the Lord stationed by the side of the altar, giving blows to the tops of the pillars so that the doorsteps were shaking: and he said, I will let all of them be broken with earth-shocks; I will put the last of them to the sword: if any one of them goes in flight he will not get away, not one of them will be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.
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