כַּפְתֹּרKaphtôr
proper name [of a territory]: probably Crete (Genesis 10:14; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7; Deuteronomy 2:23)
Pronunciation: kaf-tore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3731
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 2:23 A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)
- Jeremiah 47:4 “The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete.
- Amos 9:7 “Are you Israelites more important to me than the Ethiopians?” asks the Lord. “I brought Israel out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).