Lintel
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 12:22
- Last Reference: Amos 9:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Lintel
1. Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Exodus 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; Zephaniah 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Lintel
the beam which forms the upper part of the framework of a door.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lintel
LINT'EL, noun
The head-piece of a door-frame or window-frame; the part of the frame that lies on the side-pieces. Exodus 12:22.