kaftor · knob; capital

What it means

kaftor (כַּפְתֹּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “knob; capital”.

Knob: a rounded ornament, like the cup of a flower. In other passages, the capital of a column.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A round ornament of the lampstand.
2. The top of a pillar.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• knob ×10
• knobs ×6
• capital ×1
• capitals ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×16
• Amos×1
• Zephaniah×1

• Exodus 25:31

  You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work the lampstand shall be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

• Exodus 25:33

  three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, with knob and flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the other branch, with knob and flower; so for the six branches that go out from the lampstand.

• Exodus 25:34

  And on the lampstand itself four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers;

• Exodus 25:35

  and a knob under two of the branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two of the branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two of the branches of one piece with it, for the six branches that go out from the lampstand.

• Exodus 25:36

  Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one hammered work of pure gold.

• Exodus 37:17

  And he made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand, its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

• Exodus 37:19

  Three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on another branch, a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that went out from the lampstand.

• Exodus 37:20

  And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers.

• Exodus 37:21

  And a knob was under two branches from it, and a knob under two branches from it, and a knob under two branches from it, for the six branches that went out from it.

• Exodus 37:22

  Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it; all of it was one hammered work of pure gold.

• Amos 9:1

  I saw Adonai standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the capital, so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them; and the last of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them who flees will get away, and not one of them who escapes will be delivered.

• Zephaniah 2:14

  And flocks will lie down in her midst, every animal of the nations; both the pelican and the hedgehog will lodge in her capitals; a voice will sing in the window; dryness will be on the threshold; for her cedar work has been laid bare.

And 6 more times.