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Casluhim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3695

כַּסְלֻחִים

kas.lu.chim — Casluhim

People descended from Casluch(?) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625) and Caphtorim (H3732); progenitors of: the Philistine (H6430); § Casluhim = "fortified" a people or tribe descended from Mizraim (Egypt) progenitors of the Philistines and Caphtorim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3732

כַּפְתֹּרִי

kaph.to.ri — Caphtorim

Someone from Caphtor (Crete) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625) and Casluhim (H3695) § Caphtorim, of Caphtor "a crown" Cretans as the inhabitants of Caphtor as distinct from the Philistines

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3866

לוּדִי

lu.di — Ludite

Someone descended from Egypt (H4714), first mentioned at Gen.10.13; along with Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Ludim or Lydians = "to the firebrands: travailings" the descendants of Lud the son of Shem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3853

לְהָבִים

le.ha.vim — Lehabim

People descended from Egypt (H4714), first mentioned at Gen.10.13; along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Lehabim = "flames" an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5320

נַפְתֻּחִים

naph.tu.chim — Naphtuhim

People descended from Naphtuh(?) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.13; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Naphtuhim = "openings" an unclear reference to Egypt; perhaps Lower Egypt

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6047

עֲנָמִים

a.na.mim — Anamim

People descended from Anam(?) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.13; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Anamim = "affliction of the waters" a tribe of Egyptians

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6625

פַּתְרֻסִים

pat.ru.si — Pathrusim

People descended from Pathrus(?) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Pathrusim, of Pathros "region of the south" inhabitants of Pathros

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Historical dictionary entry

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

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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