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# כֹּתֶרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3805

**capital** — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

capital [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כֹּתֶ֫רֶת: n.f. capital [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. capital of pillar (as surrounding, crowning its top?);—abs. כֹּתֶרֶת 1 K 7:16(×2) + 10 times; הַכּוֹתֶרֶת Je 52:22c.; pl. abs. כֹּתָרֹת 1 K 7:16 + 7 times, כֹּתָרוֹת 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13;—capitals of pillars יָכִין and בֹּעַז 1 K 7:16(×3) + 12 times 1 K 7 = 2 Ch 4:12(×2), 13; 2 K 25:17(×3) = Je 52:22(×3).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: capital (7); capitals (6); the capitals (5).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 7:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.19/#tree)

וְכֹֽתָרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה שׁוּשַׁ֣ן בָּֽאוּלָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֖ע אַמּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] capitals which \[were\].on the.top of the.pillars \[were\].a.work of.lili\[es\] in the porch four cubits

*JPS 1917:* And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.

[1 Kings 7:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.16/#tree)

וּשְׁתֵּ֨י כֹתָרֹ֜ת עָשָׂ֗ה לָתֵ֛ת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֥י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֖ים מֻצַ֣ק נְחֹ֑שֶׁת חָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֗וֹת קוֹמַת֙ הַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְחָמֵ֣שׁ אַמּ֔וֹת קוֹמַ֖ת הַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and two capitals he.made to put on the.tops of the.pillars casting of.bronze \[was\].five cubits the.height of the.capital (the) one and.\[was\] five cubits the.height of the.capital (the) second

*JPS 1917:* And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3805.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3805/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).