◄ G2542 ►
Καισάρεια
Transliteration
Kaisereia;
Pronunciation
kahee-sar'-i-a
Parts of Speech
n pr loc
Root Word (Etymology)
from 2541
KJV Translation Count — 17x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Caesarea (of Palestine) (15), Caesarea (Philippi) (2)
Outline of Biblical Usage
aesarea = "severed"
1. Caesarea of Philippi was situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas; but afterward being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was called by him Caesarea, in honour of Tiberias Caesar; subsequently called Neronias by Agrippa II, in honour of Nero.
2. Caesarea of Palestine was built near the Mediterranean by Herod the Great on the site of Strabo's Tower, between Joppa and Dora. It was provided with a magnificent harbour and had conferred upon it the name of Caesarea, in honour of Augustus. It was the residence of Roman procurators, and the majority of its inhabitants were Greeks.
Strong's Definitions
kahee-sar'-i-a; from (2541) (Και̑σαρ); Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine: — Caesarea.
Concordance Results Using KJV
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
When Jesus came into the coasts of G2542 Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of G2542 Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to G2542, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
There was a certain man in G2542 called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
And the morrow after they entered into G2542. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from G2542 unto me.
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to G2542, and there abode.
And when he had landed at G2542, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto G2542: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.