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Caphtorim - or CAPHTORITES (NIV) (
Caphtorim) Citizens of Caphtor or Crete
Haze'Rim - The Avim, or more accurately the Avvim, are said to have lived "in the villages (Authorized Version 'Hazerim') as far as Gaza," (2:23) before their expulsion by the
Caphtorim
Casluhim - the
Caphtorim and Philistines
Caph'Tor, Caph'Torim - (a crown ), thrice mentioned as the primitive seat of the Philistines, (2:23; Jeremiah 47:4 ; Amos 9:7 ) who are once called
Caphtorim
Hazerim - of Palestine, or to the temporary dwellings of the Avim before they were expelled by the
Caphtorim
Avim - They were subdued and driven northward by the
Caphtorim
Caphtor - The country from which, beside the
Caphtorim, came some of the Philistines
Caphtor - In Jeremiah 47:4 and in Deuteronomy 2:23 , its inhabitants are called
Caphtorim (compare Genesis 10:14 )
Avim, or Avites - Descendants of Canaan, Genesis 10:17 , who occupied a portion of the coast of Palestine from Gaza towards the river of Egypt, but were expelled and almost destroyed by invading Philistines or
Caphtorim, before the time of Moses, Deuteronomy 2:23
Caphtor - Hence in Deuteronomy 2:23
Caphtorim means the Philistines. In Genesis 10:14
Caphtorim is used of the country itself in place of Caphtor; it should be placed in the text immediately after Casluhim
Caphtor - 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 (Genesis 10:14 ; 1 Chronicles 1:12 )
Path'Ros - In the list of the Mizraites the Pathrusim occur after the Naphtuhim and before the Caluhim; the latter being followed by the notice of the Philistines and by the
Caphtorim
Crete - " Some have supposed that it was the original home of the
Caphtorim (q
Caphtor - CAPHTOR or
Caphtorim. ...
Pusey suggests there were different immigrations of the same tribe into Palestine, which afterward merged in one name: the Casluhim first; a second from the
Caphtorim; a third the Cherethim or Cretans, Crete being an intermediate resting place in their migrations from whence some passed into Philistia
Philistia - )
Caphtorim; Amos 9:7, "the Philistines from Caphtor"; Jeremiah 47:4; Deuteronomy 2:23. " (See
Caphtorim; CASLUHIM. As in Amos and Jeremiah the Philistines are traced to Caphtor, probably the Casluhim and
Caphtorim were tribes which intermingled, the
Caphtorim having strengthened the Casluchian colony by immigration; so the Philistines may be said to have come from either (Bochart). ) Successive emigrations of the same race took place into Philistia, first the Casluhim, then the
Caphtorim from both of which came the Philistines, who seemingly were in subjection in Caphtor (the northern delta of Egypt), from whence "Jehovah brought them up" (Amos 9:7). )...
The objection to the Mizraite origin of the Philistines from their language is answered by the supposition that the Philistine or
Caphtorim invaders adopted the language of the Avim whom they conquered (Deuteronomy 2:23). The Cherethites were probably
Caphtorim, the modern Copts
Crete - A large island, now called Candia, in the Mediterranean, originally people probably by a branch of the
Caphtorim
Joppa - It belonged to the Philistines, a Mizraimite colony of
Caphtorim
Philistines - Descendants, with the
Caphtorim, of the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, two clans descended from Ham
Ham - The descendants of these four respectively are so described in most cases from their geographical position, but at least one nation, the
Caphtorim, from its political connexion with Egypt (see Driver on Genesis 9:14 )
Philis'Tines - (immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as "the Philistines-from Caphtor," ( Amos 9:7 ) and "the remnant of the maritime district of Caphtor" (Jeremiah 47:4 ) it is prima facie probable that they were the
Caphtorim which came out of Caphtor" who expelled the Avim from their territory and occupied it; in their place, (2:23) and that these again were the
Caphtorim mentioned in the Mosaic genealogical table among the descendants of Mizraim
Philistines - They seem originally to have migrated form Egypt to Caphtor, by which some understand Crete, and others with the ancients Cappadocia, Genesis 10:14 , and thence to have passed over to Palestine under the name of
Caphtorim, where they drove out the Avim, who dwelt from Hazerim to Azzah, that is, Gaza, and swelt in their stead, Deuteronomy 2:23
Division of the Earth - The
Caphtorim and the Casluhim, whose descendants were the Philistim of Palestine, occupied the district which lies between the delta of the Nile and the southern extremity of Palestine, Deuteronomy 2:23 ; Amos 9:7
Egypt - Faber derives the name from Ai-Capht, or the land of the
Caphtorim; from which, also, the modern Egyptians derive their name of Cophts
Egypt - )...
The
Caphtorim sprang from the Mizraim or Egyptians (Genesis 10:13-14; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7)