Knop
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Knop - in the Bible, is an architectural ornament.
- Heb. kaphtor (Exodus 25:31-36), occurring in the description of the temple candlestick. It was an ornamental swell beneath the cups of the candlestick, probably an imitation of the fruit of the almond.
- 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.
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
