King James Bible Dictionary

The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.

1. Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chronicles 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown."

2. Tzepheth (2 Chronicles 3:15).

3. Rosh (Exodus 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a "head" or "top."

Head of a pillar.
Exodus 36:38; 1 Kings 7:16-42; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; Jeremiah 52:22

the capital of a pillar; i.e. the upper part, as the term is used in modern architecture.

CHAPITER, noun

1. The upper part or capital of a column or pillar; a word used in the scriptures. [See Capital.]

2. That which is delivered by the mouth of the justice in his charge to the inquest.