G2542 – Kaisareia – Καισάρεια – Caesarea
- Strong’s ID:
- G2542
- Greek Word:
- Καισάρεια
- Transliteration:
- Kaisareia
- Pronunciation:
- kahee-sar’-i-a
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Usage Count:
- 17
- Search:
- Find “Kaisareia” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G2541; Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine:—Caesarea.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Caesarea = “severed”
1) Caesarea of Philippi was situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas; but afterward being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was called by him Caesarea, in honour of Tiberias Caesar; subsequently called Neronias by Agrippa II, in honour of Nero.
2) Caesarea of Palestine was built near the Mediterranean by Herod the Great on the site of Strabo’s Tower, between Joppa and Dora. It was provided with a magnificent harbour and had conferred upon it the name of Caesarea, in honour of Augustus. It was the residence of Roman procurators, and the majority of its inhabitants were Greeks.
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.