H3732 - כַּפְתֹּרִי (Kaphtôrîy)

H3732 כַּפְתֹּרִי (Kaphtôrîy) kaf-to-ree'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

patrial from 3731; a Caphtorite (collectively) or native of Caphtor

KJV Usage: Caphthorim, Caphtorim(-s)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כַּפְתֹּרִי (kaph.to.ri) — Caphtorim. 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כַּפְתֹּרִים (H3732) — כַּפְתֹּרִי

adj · כַּפְתֹּור

Names of Groups

Caphtorim = inhabitants of Caphtor, probably to be identified with Crete; ◄ descendants of Mizraim son of Ham; ► ancestors of the Philistines

GEN 10:14 · DEU 2:23 · 1CH 1:12

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כַּפְתֹּרִי] adj.gent., only pl. as subst. Cretans base