Lexical Summary Kapernaoum: Capernaum Original Word: ΚαπερναούμTransliteration: Kapernaoum Phonetic Spelling: (cap-er-nah-oom') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Capernaum Meaning: Capernaum Strong's Concordance Capernaum. Of Hebrew origin (probably kaphar and Nachuwm); Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine -- Capernaum. see HEBREW kaphar see HEBREW Nachuwm Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2584: ΚαπερναούμΚαπερναούμ or more correctly (with L T Tr WH (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 160; Scrivener, Introduction, p. 561)) Καφαρναούμ (כָּפָר a village, and נָחוּם consolation; hence 'the village of consolation,' (others, 'village of Nachum' (a proper name)); Καπαρναουμ, Ptolemy, 5, 16, 4), ἡ, Capernaum or Capharnaum, a flourishing city of Galilee (Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:15), situated on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret (John 6:17, 24; hence ἡ παραθαλασσια, Matthew 4:13), near the place where the Jordan flows into the lake. Being nowhere mentioned in the O. T. it seems to have been built after the exile (cf. also B. D. under the word STRONGS NT 2584: ΚαφαρναούμΚαφαρναούμ, see Καπερναούμ. |
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