Knop
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Knop, in the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

, is a decorative ornament
Ornament (architecture)
In architecture and decorative art, ornament is a decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in decorative art are excluded from the term; most ornament does not include human figures, and if present they...

:
  • Heb
    Hebrew language
    Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...

    . kaphtor , occurring in the description of the seven-branch candlestick in the Jewish
    Judaism
    Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

     Tabernacle
    Tabernacle
    The Tabernacle , according to the Hebrew Torah/Old Testament, was the portable dwelling place for the divine presence from the time of the Exodus from Egypt through the conquering of the land of Canaan. Built to specifications revealed by God to Moses at Mount Sinai, it accompanied the Israelites...

     and the Temple in Jerusalem
    Temple in Jerusalem
    The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to one of a series of structures which were historically located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, the current site of the Dome of the Rock. Historically, these successive temples stood at this location and functioned as the centre of...

    . It was an ornamental swell beneath the cups of the candlestick, probably in imitation of the fruit of the almond.
  • Heb. peka'im, found only in and , an ornament resembling a small gourd or an egg, on the cedar wainscoting in the Temple and on the castings on the brim of the Kiyor or laver
    Laver
    Laver might refer to one of the following:*Laver , an edible algae often considered to be a seaweed*Laver, a basin for ceremonial ablution*Laver, a river in North Yorkshire*High Laver a village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England...

     (the "brazen sea" of the King James Version).


Knop as a surname:
  • Daniel Knop
    Daniel Knop
    Daniel Knop is a specialised German journalist in the fields of marine aquariology and marine biology. Originally coming from the field of natural medicine where he has authored a number of reference books and patient advisors, since 1986 he concentrates on marine organisms, mainly as a book...

     (* 1957), specialised German journalist


Other:
  • KNOP-TV
    KNOP-TV
    KNOP-TV is the NBC affiliated television station in North Platte, Nebraska. It is owned by Hoak Media along with local Fox affiliate KIIT. The station is also seen on rebroadcast translators K20DK south of Valentine, K35AL in Lexington, K09GW and K18DH in Broken Bow, and K21CY in Ogallala...

     is an NBC
    NBC
    The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

     station in North Platte, NE
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