כַּפְתֹּר
kaphtôr · kaf-tore'
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle;
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
- a chaplet
- but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: knop, (upper) lintel.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּפְתֹּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the same, and a knop4 · 22%
- his knops3 · 17%
- with a knop2 · 11%
- their knops2 · 11%
- a knop2 · 11%
- with their knops1 · 6%
- and there shall be a knop1 · 6%
- and a knop1 · 6%
- the lintel of the door1 · 6%
- in the upper lintels1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.