Lintel
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
- Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Exodus 12:7,22,23; "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.
- Heb. kaphtar. Amos 9:1; Zephaniah 2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).