noun · feminine
kafarnaoum
Strong’sG2584
Capernaum
stem kafarnaoum-16 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Καφαρναούμ is the proper name Capernaum, a place in Palestine 1234. The name derives from Hebrew and is explained as meaning "Nahum's village" 13. It appears in the Gospels as a place name, such as in accounts involving Matthew, Mark, and John 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2584 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidcap-er-nah-oom'
Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin (probably and );
King JamesCapernaum.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Capernaum:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kafarnaoum | kafarnaoum |
| object accusative | kafarnaoum12×Καφαρναοὺμ | kafarnaoum |
| direct address vocative | kafarnaoum2×Καφαρναούμ | kafarnaoum |
| of, belonging to genitive | kafarnaoum | kafarnaoum |
| to, for dative | kafarnaoum2×Καφαρναούμ | kafarnaoum |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
kafarnaoum“Capernaum”objectaccusative singular12×
Matthew 4:13… kataleiparantos tan Nazara ercharantos katoikata eis Kafarnaoum tan parathalassian en horei Zaboulōn kai …… Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in …
Matthew 8:5Eisercharantou de autou eis Kafarnaoum proserchata auto hekatontarchos parakalarōntos autonWhen Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with …
Matthew 17:24Ercharantoiu de autoiu eis Kafarnaoum proserchala tois teim didrachmeim labarōntois to …After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax …
Mark 1:21Kai eisporeuolō eis Kafarnaoum. kai euthuos tei sabbatei didaskate eis …… Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the …
Mark 2:1Kai eisercharantos palin eis Kafarnaoum dia hēmeraiu akouita hoti en oiko …… days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that …
Mark 9:33Kai erchala eis Kafarnaoum. kai en ta oikia generantos eperōtate …Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house …
Luke 4:23… siauton; hoseim akouana generanteim eis tan Kafarnaoum poiasar kai hōde en ta patrida …… have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
Luke 4:31Kai katerchata eis Kafarnaoum polan tau Galilaiau. kai ate didaskarōntos …Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on …
Luke 7:1… tain akoain tou laou, eiserchata eis Kafarnaoum.… of the people, He went to Capernaum.
John 2:12Meta houtem katabainata eis Kafarnaoum autos kai tas mētēras autou kai …After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and …
John 6:17… ploiem archole peran tau thalassau eis Kafarnaoum. kai skotias ēdē genatelē kai oupō …… and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus …
John 6:24… eis teim ploiarieim kai erchala eis Kafarnaoum zētarōntois ton Iēsun.… into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
kafarnaoum“Capernaum”direct addressvocative singular2×
Matthew 11:23kai sis, Kafarnaoum, mē heōs ouranou hupsisi? heōs hadou …And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to …
Luke 10:15kai sis, Kafarnaoum, mē heōs ouranou hupsisi? heōs tou …And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to …
kafarnaoum“Capernaum”to, fordative singular2×
John 4:46… basilikos hou tos huios asthenate en Kafarnaoum.… official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
John 6:59houteim legata en sunagōga didaskarōntos en Kafarnaoum.… while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.