3731. Kaphtor

Lexicon

Kaphtor: Caphtor

Original Word: כַּפְתֹּר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Kaphtor
Pronunciation: kaf-TOHR
Phonetic Spelling: (kaf-tore')
Definition: Caphtor
Meaning: Caphtor

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Caphtor

Or (Am. 9:7) Kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}; apparently the same as kaphtor; Caphtor (i.e. A wreath-shaped island), the original seat of the Philistines -- Caphtor.

see HEBREW kaphtor

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as kaphtor
Definition
probably a name for Crete
NASB Translation
Caphtor (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. כַּפְתּוֺר כַּפְתֹּר proper name, of a territory probably Crete, so Ew Kiep Di^{Genesis 10:14} Gie^{Jeremiah 47:4} and others; compare A. J. Evans^{Cretan Pictographs (1895), 100 ff.}; (> ᵐ5. Syriac Version. ᵑ9 ᵑ7. Cappadocia, certainly wrong; Mich Cyprus; Eb^{AgM 127 ff.} and others the coast of the Nile-Delta; WMM^{As.Eu.387 f.} Philistines, originally pirates from southwest coast of Asia Minor, and the Aegean islands); — כַּפְתּוֺר Amos 9:7 (original home of Philistines), כַּפְתֹּר Deuteronomy 2:23 (home of Caphtorim, see below); שְׁאֵרִית אִי כַּפְתֹּר Jeremiah 47:4 the rest of the coast-land of Caphtor. — See also כְּרֵתִי below

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Caphtor, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun referring to a geographical location not directly translated into Greek in the New Testament.

Usage: The term Caphtor is used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible to denote a geographical location. It is mentioned in the context of the origins of certain peoples, particularly the Philistines.

Context: Caphtor is identified in the Hebrew Bible as the place from which the Philistines originated. It is mentioned in several passages, including:

• Deuteronomy 2:23: "And as for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place."

• Jeremiah 47:4: "For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. For the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor."

• Amos 9:7: "Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel? declares the LORD. Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?"

The exact location of Caphtor is not definitively known, but it is traditionally associated with the island of Crete or other regions in the Aegean or eastern Mediterranean. The Caphtorites are believed to have been a seafaring people, and their migration is linked to the movement of the Philistines into the coastal regions of Canaan.

Forms and Transliterations

כַפְתּֽוֹר׃ כפתור׃ מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹר מכפתור chafTor ḵap̄·tō·wr ḵap̄tōwr mik·kap̄·tō·wr mikkafTor mikkap̄tōwr

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 2:23
HEB: כַּפְתֹּרִים֙ הַיֹּצְאִ֣ים מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר הִשְׁמִידֻ֖ם וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ
NAS: who came from Caphtor, destroyed
KJV: which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed
INT: the Caphtorim came Caphtor destroyed and lived

Jeremiah 47:4
HEB: שְׁאֵרִ֖ית אִ֥י כַפְתּֽוֹר׃
NAS: of the coastland of Caphtor.
KJV: the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
INT: the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor

Amos 9:7
HEB: מִצְרַ֔יִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּ֥ים מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹר וַאֲרָ֥ם מִקִּֽיר׃
NAS: And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans
KJV: and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians
INT: of Egypt and the Philistines Caphtor and the Arameans Kir

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3731
3 Occurrences

ḵap̄·tō·wr — 1 Occ.
mik·kap̄·tō·wr — 2 Occ.