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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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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Place
Strong’s
G2584
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

G2584

Καπερναούμ · Kapernaoum

Glosses: Capernaum

καφαρναούμ (Καπερ-, Rec. , see WH, App. 160), ἡ (Heb.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Capernaum

the field of repentance; city of comfort

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

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.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Capernaum

Meaning:
the field of repentance; city of comfort

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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