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Lintel

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19154 verse references

Easton's 1897

(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, “upper door post,” but R.V. “lintel”); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb.

(2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly “chapiters,” as in A.V. marg.).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

the beam which forms the upper part of the framework of a door.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

lin'-tel.

See HOUSE, II, 1, (4).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

4 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible

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