Capital
כֹּתֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H3805koteret (ko-te-ret)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Koteret is the Hebrew word usually translated “capital” and “capitals”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- Capital crown, capital of a pillar
How it's translated
- the capital 7
- the capitals 6
- for the capital 3
- and capitals 2
- and a capital 2
- capitals 1
- to the capitals 1
- to the capital 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 8
- 2 Chronicles 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 7:17And 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 7:18And 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 7:19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:20And 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 7:31And 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 7:41The 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;
Hebrew dictionary
כֹּתֶ֫רֶת koteret · capital
capital crown, capital of a pillar
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “capital” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAPITAL, adjective
- Literally, pertaining to the head; as a capital bruise, in Milton, a bruise on the head.
- Figuratively, as the head is the highest part of a man, chief; principal; first in importance; as a capital city or town; the capital articles of religion.
- Punishable by loss of the head or of life; incurring the forfeiture of life; punishable with death; as, treason and murder are capital offenses or crimes.
- Taking away life, as a capital punishment; or affecting life, as a capital trial.
All definitions and other forms of “capital”
- Great, important, though perhaps not chief; as, a town possesses capital advantages for trade.
- Large; of great size; as capital letters, which are of different form, and larger than common letters.
CAPITAL, noun
The uppermost part of a column, pillar or pilaster, serving as the head or crowning, and placed immediately over the shaft, and under the entablature.
- The chief city or town in a kingdom or state; a metropolis.
- A large letter or type, in printing.
- A stock in trade, in manufactures, or in any business requiring the expenditure of money with a view to profit.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.