choteret · capital

What it means

choteret (כֹתֶרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “capital”.

The piece that crowns 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. The top of a column.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• capital ×13
• capitals ×11

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×15
• 2 Kings×3
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Jeremiah×3

• 1 Kings 7:16

  And two capitals he made to put on the heads of the pillars, of cast bronze; five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits the height of the second capital.

• 1 Kings 7:17

  There were nets, the work of network, and cords, the work of chains, for the capitals that were on the head of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the second capital.

• 1 Kings 7:18

  And he made the pillars, and two rows all around on the one net to cover the capitals that were on the head of the pomegranates; and so he made for the second capital.

• 1 Kings 7:19

  And the capitals that were on the head of the pillars were lily work in the portico, four cubits.

• 1 Kings 7:20

  And the capitals on the two pillars were also above, close to the belly that was beside the net; and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows all around on the second capital.

• 1 Kings 7:31

  And its mouth inside the capital and upward was a cubit; and its mouth was round, the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were carvings; and their panels were square, not round.

• 1 Kings 7:41

  two pillars, and the globes of the capitals that were on the head of the pillars, two; and the two nets to cover the two globes of the capitals that were on the head of the pillars;

• 1 Kings 7:42

  and the four hundred pomegranates for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for each net, to cover the two globes of the capitals that were on the pillars;

• 2 Kings 25:17

  Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and a capital of bronze was on it, and the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze; and like these was the second pillar, with the network.

• 2 Chronicles 4:12

  two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two nets to cover the two globes of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

• 2 Chronicles 4:13

  and the four hundred pomegranates for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for each net, to cover the two globes of the capitals that were on the pillars;

• Jeremiah 52:22

  And a capital of bronze was on it, and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze; and like these was the second pillar, with pomegranates.

And 12 more times.