כֹתֶרֶת
kôthereth · ko-theh'-reth
the capital of a column
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine active participle of H3803 (כָּתַר);
the capital of a column
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chapiter.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֹתֶרֶת 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chapiter7 · 29%
- of the chapiters5 · 21%
- and the chapiters3 · 13%
- chapiters1 · 4%
- for the chapiters1 · 4%
- the chapiters1 · 4%
- the chapiter1 · 4%
- and the chapiter1 · 4%
- of the chapiter1 · 4%
- upon the chapiter1 · 4%
- and a chapiter1 · 4%
- upon the chapiters1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.