Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Chapiter

The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.

  1. Cothereth (1 Ki. 7:16; 2 Ki. 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."

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