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Capital

צֶ֫פֶתStrong’s H6858

tsephet (tse-phet)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Tsephet is the Hebrew word usually translated “capital”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.”
2 Chronicles 3:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Plated capital (of pillar)
How it's translated
  • and the capital 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Chronicles 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    צֶ֫פֶת tsephet · capital

    plated capital (of 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

    1. Literally, pertaining to the head; as a capital bruise, in Milton, a bruise on the head.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Taking away life, as a capital punishment; or affecting life, as a capital trial.
    All definitions and other forms of “capital”
    1. Great, important, though perhaps not chief; as, a town possesses capital advantages for trade.
    2. 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.

    1. The chief city or town in a kingdom or state; a metropolis.
    2. A large letter or type, in printing.
    3. 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.