Strong's Lexicon

H3730

H3730 — כַּפתּוֹר כַּפתּוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkaphtornoun mascOccurrences: 18TWOT: 1029

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3730
Word:	כַּפתּוֹר כַּפתּוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably from an unused root meaning to encircle
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	18
Transliteration:	kaphtor
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaf-tore' (or (Am. 9) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a chaplet 2. but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV Renderings:	knop, (upper) lintel.

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BDB4172

I. כַּפְתּוֺר כַּפְתֹּר noun masculine

1. capital,

2. knob, bulb

( 2 perhaps earlier meaning; Hoffm^{ZAW iii. (1883), 124} , compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 2626] pear (Löw^{No. 153}), from shape); —

1. כַּפְתּוֺר Amos 9:1 capital of pillar; so plural suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Zeph 2:14.

2. כַּפְתֹּר, knob or bulb, ornament on the golden lamp-stand in tabernacle; ᵐ5 σφαιρωτήρ, Jos^{Archaeology iii, 6, 7} ρὁΐσκος small pomegranate; ᵑ9 . sphaerula: — Exod 25:33 (twice in verse); Exod 25:35 (3 t. in verse) = Exod 37:19 (twice in verse); Exod 37:21 (3 t. in verse); suffix כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ Exod 25:31; Exod 25:34 = Exod 37:17; Exod 37:20, כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶם Exod 25:36 = Exod 37:22 (all P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפתור (kaph-tohr’)

Exodus 25:31

KJV: And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

EHCC: his bowls, his kaops, and his flowers,

Exodus 83:0

EHCC: hnop anda flower

Exodus 37:17

KJV: And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

EHCC: his bowls, his Anops, and bis flowers,

Exodus 19:4

KJV: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

EHCC: knop and a flower;

Exodus 21:4

KJV: If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

EHCC: nd a knop under two branches of the

Amos 9:1

KJV: I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.lintel: or, chapiter, or, knopcut…: or, wound them

EHCC: Smite the lintel of the dour, (marg. or, i