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Lexicon :: Strong's H3730 - kap̄tôr

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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 Box Exo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make H6213 a candlestick H4501 of pure H2889 gold: H2091 of beaten work H4749 shall the candlestick H4501 be made: H6213 his shaft, H3409 and his branches, H7070 his bowls, H1375 his knops, H3730 and his flowers, H6525 shall be of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Three H7969 bowls H1375 made like unto almonds, H8246 with a knop H3730 and a flower H6525 in one H259 branch; H7070 and three H7969 bowls H1375 made like almonds H8246 in the other H259 branch, H7070 with a knop H3730 and a flower: H6525 so in the six H8337 branches H7070 that come H3318 out of the candlestick. H4501

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And in the candlestick H4501 shall be four H702 bowls H1375 made like unto almonds, H8246 with their knops H3730 and their flowers. H6525

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And there shall be a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, and a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, and a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, according to the six H8337 branches H7070 that proceed H3318 out of the candlestick. H4501

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - Their knops H3730 and their branches H7070 shall be of the same: all it shall be one H259 beaten work H4749 of pure H2889 gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - And he made H6213 the candlestick H4501 of pure H2889 gold: H2091 of beaten work H4749 made H6213 he the candlestick; H4501 his shaft, H3409 and his branch, H7070 his bowls, H1375 his knops, H3730 and his flowers, H6525 were of the same:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Three H7969 bowls H1375 made after the fashion of almonds H8246 in one H259 branch, H7070 a knop H3730 and a flower; H6525 and three H7969 bowls H1375 made like almonds H8246 in another H259 branch, H7070 a knop H3730 and a flower: H6525 so throughout the six H8337 branches H7070 going out H3318 of the candlestick. H4501

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And in the candlestick H4501 were four H702 bowls H1375 made like almonds, H8246 his knops, H3730 and his flowers: H6525

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - And a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, and a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, and a knop H3730 under two H8147 branches H7070 of the same, according to the six H8337 branches H7070 going out H3318 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - Their knops H3730 and their branches H7070 were of the same: all of it was one H259 beaten work H4749 of pure H2889 gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 upon the altar: H4196 and he said, H559 Smite H5221 the lintel of the door, H3730 that the posts H5592 may shake: H7493 and cut H1214 them in the head, H7218 all of them; and I will slay H2026 the last H319 of them with the sword: H2719 he that fleeth H5127 of them shall not flee away, H5127 and he that escapeth H6412 of them shall not be delivered. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her, all the beasts H2416 of the nations: H1471 both the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels H3730 of it; their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows; H2474 desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds: H5592 for he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work. H731
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