Strong G2542G2542HΚαισάρεια
Caesarea
One of the 2 senses of Strong G2542
- Transliteration
- Kaisareia
- Pronunciation
- kahee-sar'-i-a
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
From G2541; Caesaria the name of two places in Palestine: - Csarea.
Detailed definition
Καισαρία (Rec. -άρεια), -ας, ἡ
Cæsarea;
1. Cæsarea Philippi, at the foot of Lebanon: Mat.16:13, Mrk.8:27.
2. Cæsarea of Palestine, on the sea-coast: Act.8:4 9:30 10:1, 24 11:11 12:19 18:22 21:8, 16 23:23, 33 25:1, 4 25:6, 13.†
(AS)
Cæsarea;
1. Cæsarea Philippi, at the foot of Lebanon: Mat.16:13, Mrk.8:27.
2. Cæsarea of Palestine, on the sea-coast: Act.8:4 9:30 10:1, 24 11:11 12:19 18:22 21:8, 16 23:23, 33 25:1, 4 25:6, 13.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Caesarea
Coastal city, center of Roman rule in Judea
Caesarea was a coastal city in Judea that served as a center of Roman administration.
In the Bible
Strong G2542H appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cesarea15
First verses
- Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
- Acts 9:30Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
- Acts 10:1There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
- Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- Acts 11:11And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.
- Acts 12:19And 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 Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 18:22And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
- Acts 21:8And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
- Acts 21:16There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
- Acts 23:23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
- Acts 23:33Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
- Acts 25:1Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.
- Acts 25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
- Acts 25:6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
- Acts 25:13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.