King James Version
Exodus 37:20 in the King James Version says “And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:”
Exodus 37:20 · KJV
And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“his knops”
H3730a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e., the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
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