Word Study · Strong's G2584 · Greek
Καπερναούμ
Kapernaoum
cap-er-nah-oom'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kapernaoúm
“Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Capernaum.
- 16occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- Καφαρναοὺμ8
- Καφαρναούμ.5
- Καφαρναούμ,2
- Καφαρναούμ·1
How it is rendered · 4
- Capernaum8
- Capernaum.5
- Capernaum,2
- Capernaum;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular12
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF-L · 12
- N-DSF-L · 2
- N-VSF-L · 2
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 4:13Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularLeaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,here: Capernaum
- Matthew 8:5Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,here: Capernaum
- Matthew 11:23Καφαρναούμ,kapharnaoumnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singularAnd you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.here: Capernaum,
- Matthew 17:24Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAfter they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”here: Capernaum
Mark3 occurrences
- Mark 1:21Καφαρναούμ.kapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.here: Capernaum.
- Mark 2:1Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularA few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,here: Capernaum
- Mark 9:33Καφαρναούμ·kapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”here: Capernaum;
Luke4 occurrences
- Luke 4:23Καφαρναούμ,kapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularJesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”here: Capernaum,
- Luke 4:31Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.here: Capernaum
- Luke 7:1Καφαρναούμ.kapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.here: Capernaum.
- Luke 10:15Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singularAnd you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!here: Capernaum
John5 occurrences
- John 2:12Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAfter this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.here: Capernaum
- John 4:46Καφαρναούμ.kapharnaoumnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularSo once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.here: Capernaum.
- John 6:17Καφαρναούμ.kapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulargot into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.here: Capernaum.
- John 6:24Καφαρναοὺμkapharnaoumnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.here: Capernaum
- John 6:59Καφαρναούμ.kapharnaoumnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularJesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.here: Capernaum.