Caphar

But he fled without Magdala: but some say, Without Caphar

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

And these three cities were Caphar Bish (literally, the village of evil), so called because there was no hospice for the reception of strangers therein; Caphar Shichlaiim (village of water-cresses), so called because it was chiefly on that herb that the people subsisted;

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

Caphar Gamala near Jerusalem, made known to the West the discovery of the body of St. Stephen (December, 415).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

In names of places it occurs in Chephar-he-Ammonai, Chephirah, Caphar-salama.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Caphar one of the numerous words employed in the Bible to denote a village or collection of dwellings smaller than a city (Ir).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

The best argument we can give in its favor is the name of Tell-Houm itself, Tell entering into the names of many villages, and being a substitute for Caphar.

The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863

The best argument we can give in its favor is the name of _Tell-Houm_ itself, _Tell_ entering into the names of many villages, and being a substitute for _Caphar_.

The Life of Jesus Ernest Renan 1857

Traces of the worship of Dagon likewise appear in the names Caphar-dagon (near

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884