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Knop

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Knop. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.Heb.
  2. 2.Heb.

Some architectural ornament.

  1. Knop (1)

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    Heb. kaphtor (Ex. 25:31-36), occurring in the description of the candlestick. It was an ornamental swell beneath the cups of the candlestick, probably an imitation of the fruit of the almond.

  2. Knop (2)

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    Heb. peka’im, found only in 1 Kings 6:18 and 7:24, an ornament resembling a small gourd or an egg, on the cedar wainscot in the temple and on the castings on the brim of the brazen sea.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

a word employed in the Authorized Version to translate two terms which refer to some architectural or ornamental object, but which have nothing in common.

Caphtor .—This occurs in the description of the candlestick of the sacred tent in (Exodus 25:31-36) and Exod 37:17-22 The second term, Peka’im, is found only in (1 Kings 6:18) and 1Kin 7:24 The word no doubt signifies some globular thing resembling a small gourd or an egg, though as to the character of the ornament we are quite in the dark.

In the Bible

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Verses where Knop is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Exodus 25:33

    There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

  • Exodus 25:35

    For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

  • Exodus 37:19

    There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

  • Exodus 37:21

    A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Scripture on Knop

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Knop references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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