Word Study · Strong's H3732 · Hebrew

כַּפְתֹּרִי

Kaphtori

kaf-to-ree'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Kaphtôrîy

“a Caphtorite (collectively) or native of Caphtor”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a Caphtorite (collectively) or native of Caphtor

Rendered in the KJV as

Caphthorim, Caphtorim(-s).

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ ס2
כַּפְתֹּרִים֙1

How it is rendered · 1

[the] Caphtorites3

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

How it parses · 1

gentilic noun (a people)3

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HNgmpa · 3

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 3 · 33%
Deuteronomy1 of 3 · 33%
1 Chronicles1 of 3 · 33%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 10:14כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ סkaftorimgentilic noun (a people)the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.here: [the] Caphtorites

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 2:23כַּפְתֹּרִים֙kaftorimgentilic noun (a people)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: [the] Caphtorites

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 1:12כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ סkaftorimgentilic noun (a people)the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.here: [the] Caphtorites

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