HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4947
מַשְׁקוֹף
mash.qoph — lintel
lintel (of door)
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Lintel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8260
שֶׁ֫קֶף
she.qeph — frame
framework, casing (of doors), door, lintel
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9549
ὑπέρθυρον
huperthuron — a lintel
a lintel
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, “upper door post,” but R.V. “lintel”); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly “chapiters,” as in A.V. marg.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.