כֹתֶרֶתkôthereth
capitals, of pillar (1 Kings 7:16; Jeremiah 52:22; 2 Chronicles 4:12; 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Kings 7:1-200)
Pronunciation: ko-theh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3805
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 7:16 For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7 1⁄2 feet tall.
- 1 Kings 7:17 Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.
- 1 Kings 7:18 He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:19 The capitals on the columns inside the entry room were shaped like water lilies, and they were six feet tall.
- 1 Kings 7:20 The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.
- 1 Kings 7:31 The top of each cart had a rounded frame for the basin. It projected 1 1⁄2 feet above the cart’s top like a round pedestal, and its opening was 2 1⁄4 feet across; it was decorated on the outside with carvings of wreaths. The panels of the carts were square, not round.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).