Easton's Bible Dictionary
The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.
(1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chronicles 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown."
(2.) Tzepheth (2 Chronicles 3:15).
(3.) Rosh (Exodus 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a "head" or "top."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.
2. (n.) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CHAPITERchap'-i-ter.
See ARCHITECTURE; JACHIN AND BOAZ; TEMPLE, II, 4.
Strong's Hebrew
3805. kothereth -- capital (of a pillar)... chapiter. Feminine active participle of kathar; the capital of a column --
chapiter.
see HEBREW kathar. 3804, 3805. kothereth. 3806 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/3805.htm - 6k 6858. tsepheth -- probably plated capital (of a pillar)
... chapiter. From an unused root meaning to encircle; a capital of a column --
chapiter. 6857, 6858. tsepheth. 6859 . Strong's Numbers.
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7218. rosh -- head
... as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
place, time, rank, itc.) -- band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place ...
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Library
The Prophet Amos.
... Ver.1. "I saw the Lord standing over the altar; and He said, Smite the chapiter,
and make the thresholds tremble, and break them upon the heads of all; and I ...
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Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Thesaurus
Chapiter (8 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CHAPITER. chap'-i-ter. See ARCHITECTURE; JACHIN
AND BOAZ; TEMPLE, II, 4. Multi-Version Concordance
Chapiter (8 Occurrences).
.../c/chapiter.htm - 10kChapiters (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of
the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of ...
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Wreathed (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter
upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the ...
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Net-work (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:17 Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work 'are' for the chapiters that
'are' on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for ...
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Protuberance (1 Occurrence)
... pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that 'is' beside the net; and
the pomegranates 'are' two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter. ...
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Projection (3 Occurrences)
... pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that 'is' beside the net; and
the pomegranates 'are' two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter. ...
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Pomegranates (20 Occurrences)
... pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that
were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. ...
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Basework (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Kings 7:31 And its mouth within the chapiter and above 'is' by the cubit, and
its mouth 'is' round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also ...
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Chaphenatha
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Carvings (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:31 And its mouth within the chapiter and above 'is' by the cubit, and
its mouth 'is' round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also ...
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