Kaisáreia — G2542
G2542 · Greek — Καισάρεια
Pronunciation: kahee-sar'-i-a
Definition
locative proper noun
Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
- Caesarea Philippi (Καισάρεια ἡ Φιλίππου), situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas
- Caesarea , built near the Mediterranean by Herod the Great on the site of Strato's Tower, between Joppa and Dora. It was provided with a magnificent harbor and had conferred upon it the name of Caesarea, in honor of Augustus. It was the residence of the Roman procurators, and the majority of its inhabitants were Greeks
Usually translated as
Cæsarea
Occurrences
Kaisáreia occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1)
- Matthew 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea (Καισαρείας) Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
- Mark 8:27 — And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of (Καισαρείας) Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
Strong's Lexicon — K