KJV dictionary & concordance

lintel

Meaning of “lintel”

The upper crosspiece or horizontal member over a doorway, resting upon its side posts.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 12:22

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Every verse containing “lintel”

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Exodus 12:22

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And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Exodus 12:22 · retained source text

And ye shall take a bunch of hysope, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side postes with the blood that is in the bason: and none of you shall goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the morning.

1611 marginal noteHeb. 11.28.

Exodus 12:23

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For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Exodus 12:23 · retained source text

For the LORD wil passe through to smite the Egyptians: and when hee seeth the blood vpon the lintel, and on the two side-postes, the LORD will passe ouer the doore, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in vnto your houses to smite you.

1 Kings 6:31

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¶ And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:31 · retained source text

¶ And for the entring of the Oracle he made doores of Oliue tree: the lintell and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

1611 marginal noteOr, fiue square.

Amos 9:1

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I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Amos 9:1 · retained source text

¶ I saw the LORD standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the lintell of the doore, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hee that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

1611 marginal noteOr, chapiter, or knop.

1611 marginal noteOr, wound them.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Exodus 12:22-23 1 Kings 6:31 Amos 9:1 Exodus 12:22 Exodus 12:23

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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The head-piece of a door-frame or window-frame; the part of the frame that lies on the side-pieces. Exodus 12:22.

volume 2, leaf 66, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 169)