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Chapiter

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19158 verse references

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 1863

the capital of a pillar; i.e. the upper part, as the term is used in modern architecture.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

chap'-i-ter.

See ARCHITECTURE; JACHIN AND BOAZ; TEMPLE, II, 4.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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