Strong’s H3805 · Hebrew

כֹתֶרֶת
kôthereth
ko-theh'-reth

Definition

the capital of a column

Etymology

feminine active participle of H3803 (כָּתַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • chapiter

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What the first audience heard

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