Hebrew word · H3732
כַּפְתֹּרִי
kaftorim
Caphtorim
Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
What it means
Someone from Caphtor (Crete) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625) and Casluhim (H3695)
§ Caphtorim, of Caphtor "a crown"
Cretans as the inhabitants of Caphtor as distinct from the Philistines
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
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Where it appears
Genesis · 1
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Genesis 10:14 כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ ס [the] Caphtorites
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
Deuteronomy · 1
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Deuteronomy 2:23 כַּפְתֹּרִים֙ [the] Caphtorites
And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
1 Chronicles · 1
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1 Chronicles 1:12 כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ ס [the] Caphtorites
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
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