Hebrew word
kaphtôr
kaf-tore'
כַּפְתֹּר
What it means
a chaplet
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
Where it comes from
or (Amos 9:1) כַּפְתּוֹר; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle