G2584 – Kapernaoum – Καπερναούμ Capernaum

Strong’s ID:
G2584
Greek Word:
Καπερναούμ
Transliteration:
Kapernaoum
Pronunciation:
cap-er-nah-oom’
Part of Speech:
noun proper locative
Usage Count:
16
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Find “Kapernaoum” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Hebrew origin [probably H3723 and H5151]; Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine:—Capernaum.

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

Capernaum = “village of comfort”
1) a flourishing city of Galilee situated on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret, near the place where the Jordan flows into the lake

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.