Lintel

(1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 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; Zeph. 2:14 (R.V. correctly “chapiters,” as in A.V. marg.).

the beam which forms the upper part of the framework of a door.

LIN'TEL, the head-piece of a doorframe, by which the superimposed mass is supported. The Hebrews were commanded to strike blood upon it on the Passover night. Ex 12:22.

LIN'TEL, the head-piece of a doorframe, by which the superimposed mass is supported. The Hebrews were commanded to strike blood upon it on the Passover night. Ex 12:22.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.