Caphtor in the Bible

Meaning: a sphere, buckle, or handpar

Exact Match


Because of the day that is coming
To destroy all the Philistines
And to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
Every ally who remains.
For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines,
The remnant [still surviving] of the coastland of Caphtor.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

Thematic Bible



As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim (Cretans, later Philistines) who came from Caphtor (Crete) destroyed them and settled in their place.)


References

Hastings

Easton

Fausets