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כֹתֶרֶת H3805
H3805 is the Hebrew word כֹתֶרֶת, transliterated kôthereth and said ko-theh'-reth. The King James Version most often renders it chapiters.
What it means
the capital of a column.
Where it comes from
feminine active participle of H3803 (כָּתַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: chapiter.
Verses using כֹתֶרֶת
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
1 Kings 7:16 · KJV
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 the other chapiter was five cubits:
1 Kings 7:17 · KJV
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:18 · KJV
And he made the 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.
1 Kings 7:19 · KJV
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
1 Kings 7:20 · KJV
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
1 Kings 7:31 · KJV
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
1 Kings 7:41 · KJV
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
1 Kings 7:42 · KJV
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
2 Kings 25:17 · KJV
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 wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
2 Chronicles 4:12 · KJV
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
2 Chronicles 4:13 · KJV
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
Jeremiah 52:22 · KJV
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3805 mean?
H3805 is the Hebrew word כֹתֶרֶת (kôthereth), meaning the capital of a column.
How is H3805 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it chapiters (12 times), chapiter (12 times).
How many times does H3805 appear in the Bible?
כֹתֶרֶת (kôthereth) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3805 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine active participle of H3803 (כָּתַר).
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