Word Study · Strong's H3730 · Hebrew
כַּפְתֹּר
kaphtor
kaf-tore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kaphtôr
“a chaplet”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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
Rendered in the KJV as
knop, (upper) lintel.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- כַּפְתֹּ֣ר4
- וְכַפְתֹּ֡ר2
- וְכַפְתֹּר֙2
- וְכַפְתֹּ֕ר2
- כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָ2
- כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ2
- כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם2
- בְּכַפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ1
- הַכַּפְתּ֜וֹר1
How it is rendered · 6
- and a bulb6
- a bulb4
- bulbs its4
- bulbs their2
- on capitals its1
- the capital1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 6
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 4
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 2
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus16 occurrences
- Exodus 25:31כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָkaftoreihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.here: bulbs its
- Exodus 25:33כַּפְתֹּ֣רkaftornoun · masculine singularThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: a bulb
- Exodus 25:33כַּפְתֹּ֣רkaftornoun · masculine singularThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: a bulb
- Exodus 25:34כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָkaftoreihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: bulbs its
- Exodus 25:35וְכַפְתֹּ֡רvekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 25:35וְכַפְתֹּר֙vekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 25:35וְכַפְתֹּ֕רvekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 25:36כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥םkaftoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.here: bulbs their
- Exodus 37:17כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָkaftoreihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.here: bulbs its
- Exodus 37:19כַּפְתֹּ֣רkaftornoun · masculine singularThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: a bulb
- Exodus 37:19כַּפְתֹּ֣רkaftornoun · masculine singularThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: a bulb
- Exodus 37:20כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָkaftoreihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: bulbs its
- Exodus 37:21וְכַפְתֹּ֡רvekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularA bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 37:21וְכַפְתֹּר֙vekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularA bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 37:21וְכַפְתֹּ֕רvekhaftorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularA bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.here: and a bulb
- Exodus 37:22כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥םkaftoreihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.here: bulbs their
Same headword in Strong's