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Chapiter

Chapiter—the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.
(1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 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."