Bible Names

Caphtor: meaning of the name

Caphtor means “a sphere, buckle, or hand.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Caphtor in Hebrew and Greek

כַּפְתֹּר H3731

Kaphtôr (kaf-tore') — Caphtor (i.e. a wreath-shaped island), the original seat of the Philistines

or (Amos 9:7) כַּפְתּוֹר; apparently the same as H3730 (כַּפְתֹּר);

Places named Caphtor

Caphtor in Scripture

“Caphtor” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Deuteronomy 2:23

    And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

  • Jeremiah 47:4

    Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

  • Amos 9:7

    Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?