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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 BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - “Then you shall make H6213 a lampstand H4501 of pure H2889 gold. H2091 The lampstand H4501 and its base H3409 and its shaft H7070 are to be made H6213 of hammered H4749 work; H4749 its cups, H1375 its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers H6525 shall be of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - “Three H7969 cups H1375 shall be shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms in the one H259 branch, H7070 a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower, H6525 and three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms in the [fn]other H259 branch, H7070 a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525—so H3651 for six H8337 branches H7070 going H3318 out from the lampstand; H4501

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - and in the lampstand H4501 four H702 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers. H6525

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - “A [fn]bulb H3730 shall be under H8478 the first pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb H3730 under H8478 the second pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb H3730 under H8478 the third pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, for the six H8337 branches H7070 coming H3318 out of the lampstand. H4501

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - “Their [fn]bulbs H3730 and their branches H7070 shall be of one piece with it; all H3605 of it shall be one H259 piece of hammered H4749 work H4749 of pure H2889 gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then he made H6213 the lampstand H4501 of pure H2889 gold. H2091 He made H6213 the lampstand H4501 of hammered H4749 work, H4749 its base H3409 and its shaft; H7070 its cups, H1375 its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers H6525 were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525 in one H259 branch, H7070 and three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525 in the other H259 branch H7070—so H3651 for the six H8337 branches H7070 going H3318 out of the lampstand. H4501

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - In the lampstand H4501 there were four H702 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, its [fn]bulbs H3730 and its flowers; H6525

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - and a [fn]bulb H3730 was under H8478 the first pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb H3730 under H8478 the second pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb H3730 under H8478 the third pair H8147 of branches H7070 coming out of it, for the six H8337 branches H7070 coming H3318 out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - Their [fn]bulbs H3730 and their branches H7070 were of one piece with it; the whole H3605 of it was a single H259 hammered H4749 work H4749 of pure H2889 gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - I saw H7200 the Lord H136 standing H5324 beside H5921 the altar, H4196 and He said, H559
“Smite H5221 the capitals H3730 so that the thresholds H5592 will shake, H7493
And break H1214 them on the heads H7218 of them all! H3605
Then I will slay H2026 the rest H319 of them with the sword; H2719
They will not have a fugitive H5127 who will flee, H5127
Or a refugee H6412 who will escape. H4422

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Flocks H5739 will lie H7257 down H7257 in her midst, H8432
[fn]All H3605 beasts H2416 which range in herds; H1471
Both H1571 the [fn]pelican H6893 and the hedgehog H7090
Will lodge H3885 in [fn]the tops H3730 of her pillars; H3730
[fn]Birds H6963 will sing H7891 in the window, H2474
Desolation H2721 will be on the threshold; H5592
For He has laid H6168 bare H6168 the cedar H731 work. H731
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