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HebrewH3731Noun

כַּפְתּוֹר

kaph.tor

3Occurrences
H3731Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Caphtor (i.e. a wreath-shaped island), the original seat of the Philistines

or (Amos 9:7) כַּפְתּוֹר; apparently the same as H3730 (כַּפְתֹּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Caphtor = "a crown" the original home of the Philistines, perhaps on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, maybe in Egypt or close by, or more probably on the island of Crete (TWOT) the island of Crete, homeland or staging area of the Philistines

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

כַּפְתּוֹר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Amos
1
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

Amos 9:7BSB

“Are you not like the Cushites to Me,O children of Israel?”declares the LORD.“Did I not bring Israelup from the land of Egypt,the Philistines from Caphtor,and the Arameans from Kir?

Deuteronomy 2:23BSB

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.)

Jeremiah 47:4BSB

For the day has cometo destroy all the Philistines,to cut off from Tyre and Sidonevery remaining ally.Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines,the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.