Chapiter
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Easton's 1897
The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a “diadem” or “crown.” (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a “head” or “top.”
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
Smith's 1884
the capital of a pillar; i.e. the upper part, as the term is used in modern architecture.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
chap'-i-ter.
See ARCHITECTURE; JACHIN AND BOAZ; TEMPLE, II, 4.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
1 Kings 7:162 Kings 25:172 Chronicles 4:122 Chronicles 3:15Exodus 36:38Exodus 38:17Exodus 38:19Exodus 38:28
8 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
See also
Sources
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain