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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3730 - כַּפְתֹּר

Transliteration

kaphtôr

Phonetics

kaf-tore', kaf-tore'

Origin

probably from an unused root meaning to encircle

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1029

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar
1. knob, bulb (as ornament)
2. capital (of a pillar)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (18)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (16)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (18)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (15)

Exodus 13

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (18)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (18)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (20)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 3

N95 (19)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 2

NAS (21)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

Exodus 16

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (18)

a knop 4

and a knop 2

in the capitals 1

it knops 1

its knops 1

of one piece with it, and a knop 4

the capitals 1

the knops 2

their knops 2

BSB (16)

a bud 4

and a bud 2

and its buds 2

atop her pillars 1

each with buds 2

the buds 2

the tops of the pillars 1

with buds 2

CSB (18)

calyx 10

calyxes 6

its pillars 1

of the pillars 1

ESV (15)

calyx 6

calyxes 6

capitals 2

it 1

KJV (18)

door 1

knop 10

knops 6

lintels 1

LEB (18)

and a bud 6

its buds 2

on her capitals 1

the capitals so that 1

their buds 2

with a bud 4

with its buds 2

LSB (20)

bulb 10

bulbs 6

capitals 1

of 1

pillars 1

tops 1

N95 (19)

bulb 10

bulbs 6

capitals 1

pillars 1

tops 1

NAS (21)

bulb 10

bulbs 6

capitals 1

of 1

pillar 1

pillars 1

tops 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

a bud 4

and a bud 2

in its capitals 1

its buds 4

the tops 1

their buds 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

3025) r t p k (כפתר KPTR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

c^m ) r f t p k (כפתור KPTWR) - Knob: An ornamental knob. KJV (18): knop, lintel - Strongs: H3730 (כַּפְתֹּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. כַּפְתּוֺרכַּפְתֹּר noun masculine

1 capital,

2 knob, bulb (

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

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

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

List of Word Forms

בְּכַפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ בכפתריה הַכַּפְתּ֜וֹר הכפתור וְכַפְתֹּ֕ר וְכַפְתֹּ֡ר וְכַפְתֹּר֙ וכפתר כַּפְתֹּ֣ר כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָ כפתר כפתריה כפתריהם bə·ḵap̄·tō·re·hā bechaftoReiha bəḵap̄tōrehā hak·kap̄·tō·wr hakkafTor hakkap̄tōwr kafTor kaftoReiha kaftoreiHem kap̄·tō·re·hā kap̄·tō·rê·hem kap̄·tōr kap̄tōr kap̄tōrehā kap̄tōrêhem vechafTor wə·ḵap̄·tōr wəḵap̄tōr