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kaftōr כַּפְתּוֹר ‘capital’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from an unused root meaning to encircle

kaftōr n, m
1) bulb, knob, capital, capital of a pillar
 1a) knob, bulb (as ornament)
 1b) capital (of a pillar)

Mentioned in Exodus 25:33, 25:36, 37:19, 37:22, 25:34, 37:20, 37:17, 25:31, 25:35, 37:21 Amos 9:1 Zephaniah 2:14

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