Caphtor
Caphtor (
Hebrew: כפתור) is a locality mentioned in the
Book of Amos, 9.7: "Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?." It is named as the place of origin of the
Caphtorites, said in Genesis 10:13-14 to descend from Ham's son
Mizraim (Egypt).
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Caphtor
a sphere, buckle, or hand
Cappadocia
the same as Caphtor
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Caphtor
a chaplet, the original seat of the Philistines (Deut. 2:23; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7). The name is found written in hieroglyphics in the temple of Kom Ombos in Upper Egypt. But the exact situation of Caphtor is unknown, though it is supposed to be Crete, since the Philistines seem to be meant by the "Cherethites" in 1 Sam. 30:14 (see also 2 Sam. 8:18). It may, however, have been a part of Egypt, the Caphtur in the north Delta, since the Caphtorim were of the same race as the Mizraite people (Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12).