Word Study · Strong's H3731 · Hebrew

כַּפְתֹּר

Kaphtor

kaf-tore'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Kaphtôr

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

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

Caphtor.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

כַפְתּֽוֹר׃1
מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר1
מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹר1

How it is rendered · 2

from Caphtor2
Caphtor1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

preposition + proper noun (a name)2
proper noun (a name)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Npl · 2
HNpl · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy1 of 3 · 33%
Jeremiah1 of 3 · 33%
Amos1 of 3 · 33%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 2:23מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹרmikaftorpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.)here: from Caphtor

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 47:4כַפְתּֽוֹר׃khaftorproper noun (a name)For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.here: Caphtor

Amos1 occurrence

Amos 9:7מִכַּפְתּ֖וֹרmikaftorpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?here: from Caphtor

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled כַּפְתֹּר

H3730 · 18×

כַּפְתֹּר

kaphtor

“a chaplet”

Read Deuteronomy 2:23 in context →