Reference: Casluhim

Descendants of Mizraim. See CAPHTORIM.

fortified, a people descended from Mizraim (Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12). Their original seat was probably somewhere in Lower Egypt, along the sea-coast to the south border of Palestine.

Of Mizraite (Egyptian) origin (Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12). Herodotus (2:104) says the Colchians were of Egyptian origin; so Bochart identifies the Casluhim with the Colchians. Out of them proceeded the Philistines. Forster (Ep. ad Michael., 16, etc.) conjectures Casiotis, a region between Gaza and Pelusium, called from Mount Custos. Knobel says the name in Coptic means burning, i.e. a dry desert region. The Colchians were probably a colony from Casiotis.

A name occurring in Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12, in connexion with the names of other peoples there spoken of as descended from Mizraim, esp. the Caphtorim and Philistines.

Cas'luhim

People who descended from Mizraim, and 'out of whom came Philistim' or the Philistines (some of the Philistines: see CAPHTOR). Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12.

Cas'luhim

(fortified), a Mizraite people or tribe.

Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12