knop Summary and Overview

some architectural ornament. (1.) 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.) 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.

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. 1. Caphtor. --This occurs in the description of the candlestick of the sacred tent in #Ex 25:31-36| and Exod 37:17-22 2. The second term, Peka'im, is found only in #1Ki 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.

KNOP . Two Hebrew words are thus rendered. One, Ex 25:31; Ex 37:17, from the connection, probably denotes an imitation of the fruit of the almond used in the ornamental work of the sacred candlestick; translated "lintel," margin "chapiter" or "knop." Am 9:1; Zeph 2:14. The other describes carvings upon the cedar wainscot within the temple, and castings upon the brim of the brazen sea. 1 Kgs 6:18; 1 Kgs 7:24. There is reason to think that these knops were representations of the beautiful fruit of the colocynth. See Gourd, Wild.

Our "knob" (Exodus 25:31 -36-37; Exodus 17-22). (1) Kaphtor, pomegranate-like knops or balls, associated with flowers in architectural ornamentation, also a boss from which, as crowning the stem, branches spring out. In Amos 9:1 instead of "lintel" (kaphtor), and Zephaniah 2:14 translated "the sphere-like capital of the column." The Hebrew implies something crowning a work and at its top. (2) Peqaiym (1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 7:24), gourd-like oval ornaments running in straight rows, carved in the cedar wainscot of the temple interior, and an ornament cast round the great" sea" below the brim; in double row, ten to a cubit, two inches from center to center (1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 7:24). Paqowt means "wild gourds".