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Capernaum

A city celebrated in the Gospels, being the place where Jesus usually resided during the time of his ministry. It stood on the sea coast, that is, on the coast of the sea of Galilee, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, Matt. Capernaum is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “the field of repentance; city of comfort.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Place
Strong’s
G2584
Hebrew
נַחוּם · Nachûwm
Greek
Καπερναούμ · Kapernaoum
Name meaning
the field of repentance; city of comfort According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Καπερναούμ

G2584
Transliteration
Kapernaoum
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--L
Indexed occurrences
16

Glosses

Capernaum

Lexicon definition

καφαρναούμ (Καπερ-, Rec., see WH, App. 160), ἡ (Heb. נַחוּם כָּפָר Nahum's village) Capernaum: Mat.4:13, Mrk.1:21, Jhn.2:12, al (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Καπερναούμ

G2584
Transliteration
Kapernaoúm
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
16

Glosses

Capernaum

Lexicon definition

Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נַחוּם

H5151
Transliteration
Nachûwm
Pronunciation
nakh-oom'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Nahum.

Lexicon definition

Nachum, an Israelite prophet

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

כָּפָר

H3723
Transliteration
kâphâr
Pronunciation
kaw-fawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

village. Compare H3715 (כְּפִיר).

Lexicon definition

a village (as protected by walls)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Capernaum

the field of repentance; city of comfort

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

CAPERNAUM

a city celebrated in the Gospels, being the place where Jesus usually resided during the time of his ministry. It stood on the sea coast, that is, on the coast of the sea of Galilee, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, Matt. iv, 15, and consequently toward the upper part of it. As it was a convenient port from Galilee to any place on the other side of the sea, this might be our Lord’s inducement to make it the place of his most constant residence. Upon this account Capernaum was highly honoured; and though “exalted unto heaven,” as its inhabitants boasted, because it made no proper use of this signal favour it drew from him the severe denunciation, that it should “be brought down to hell,” Matt. xi, 23. This sentence of destruction has been fully realized; the ancient city is reduced to a state of utter desolation. Burckhardt supposes the ruins called Tal Houm, near the rivulet called El Eshe, to be those of Capernaum. Mr. Buckingham, who gives this place the name of Talhhewn, describes considerable and extensive ruins; the only remains of those edifices which exalted Capernaum above its fellows.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Capernaum

Indexed occurrences: 16

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Capernaum

Meaning:
the field of repentance; city of comfort

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CAPERNAUM

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Capernaum

the field of repentance; city of comfort

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Jairus

A ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life (Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). Entering into the chamber of death, accompanied by Peter and James and John and the father and mother of the maiden, he went forward to the bed whereon the corpse lay, and said, Talitha cumi, i.e., "Maid, arise," and immediately the spirit of the maiden came to her again, and she arose straightway; and "at once to strengthen that life which had come back to her, and to prove that she was indeed no ghost, but had returned to the realities of a mortal existence, he commanded to give her something to eat" (Mark 5:43).

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Matthew

Gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or tax-gatherer at Capernaum. On one occasion Jesus, coming up from the side of the lake, passed the custom-house where Matthew was seated, and said to him, "Follow me." Matthew arose and followed him, and became his disciple (Matt. 9:9). Formerly the name by which he was known was Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he now changed it, possibly in grateful memory of his call, to Matthew. The same day on which Jesus called him he made a "great feast" (Luke 5:29), a farewell feast, to which he invited Jesus and his disciples, and probably also many of old associates. He was afterwards selected as one of the twelve (6:15). His name does not occur again in the Gospel history except in the lists of the apostles. The last notice of him is in Acts 1:13. The time and manner of his death are unknown.

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