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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3731 - כַּפְתֹּר
Transliteration
Kaphtôr
Phonetics
kaf-tore', kaf-tore'
Origin
apparently the same as (H3730)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
1028
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- 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
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
BSB (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
CSB (2)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
ESV (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
KJV (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
LEB (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
LSB (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
N95 (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
NAS (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Deuteronomy
1
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. כַּפְתּוֺרכַּפְתֹּר 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. ᵑ9ᵑ7. Cappadocia, certainly wrong; Mich Cyprus; Eb AgM 127 ff. and others the coast of the Nile-Delta; WMM As.Eu.387f. 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
כַפְתּֽוֹר׃ כפתור׃ מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹר מכפתור chafTor ḵap̄·tō·wr ḵap̄tōwr mik·kap̄·tō·wr mikkafTor mikkap̄tōwr