Lintel @ (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover Exodus: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; Zephaniah:2:14 (R.V. correctly "chapiters," as in A.V. marg.).