caphar Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
caphar in Smith's Bible Dictionary
one of the numerous words employed in the Bible to denote a village or collection of dwellings smaller than a city (Ir). Mr Stanley proposes to render it by "hamlet." In names of places it occurs in Chephar-he-Ammonai, Chephirah, Caphar-salama. To us its chief interest arises from its forming a part of the name of Capernaum, i.e. Capharnahum.
caphar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
From a root "to cover," denoting "a village," smaller than 'iyr, "a city." Appearing in Capharnaum. Arabic Kefr.