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Lexicon :: Strong's G2542 - kaisareia

Aa
Καισάρεια
Transliteration
kaisareia (Key)
Pronunciation
kahee-sar'-i-a
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
17x in 3 unique form(s) TR
17x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Καισάρεια Kaisáreia, kahee-sar'-i-a; from G2541; Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine:—Cæsarea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G2542 in the following manner: Caesarea (of Palestine) (15x), Caesarea (Philippi) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G2542 in the following manner: Caesarea (of Palestine) (15x), Caesarea (Philippi) (2x).

  1. Caesarea = "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 [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Καισάρεια Kaisáreia, kahee-sar'-i-a; from G2541; Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine:—Cæsarea.
STRONGS G2542:
Καισάρεια (Καισαρια Tdf. (cf. his note on Acts 9:30), WH; see Iota), Καισαριας, ἡ, Caesarea; there were two cities of this name in Palestine:
1. Caesarea Philippi (Καισάρεια ἡ Φιλίππου), situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas (ἥν Πανεαδα Φοίνικες προσαγορεύουσιν, Eus. h. e. 7, 17); but after being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was called by him Caesarea in honor of Tiberius Caesar (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 2, 1f); subsequently it was called Neronias by Agrippa II., in honor of Nero (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 4); now Banias, a village of about 150 ((?) "about 50" (Bädeker), some forty (Murray)) houses: Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27.
2. Caesarea (more fully Caesarea of Palestine (modern Kaisariyeh)), 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 (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 11, 2; 15, 9, 6; 19, 8, 2; b. j. 2, 9, 1): Acts 8:40; Acts 9:30; Acts 10:1, 24; Acts 11:11; Acts 12:19; Acts 18:22; Acts 21:8, 16; Acts 23:23, 33; Acts 25:1, 4, 6, 13. Cf. Winers RWB (and BB. DD.) under the word ; Arnold in Herzog ii., p. 486ff; Overbeck in Schenkel i., p. 499f; (Schürer § 23, i. 9; and for ether references cf. McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia under the word).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
16:13
Mark
8:27
Acts
8:40; 9:30; 9:30; 10:1; 10:24; 11:11; 12:19; 18:22; 21:8; 21:16; 23:23; 23:33; 25:1; 25:4; 25:6; 25:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2542 matches the Greek Καισάρεια (kaisareia),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Now G1161 when Jesus G2424 came G2064 into the region G3313 of Caesarea G2542 Philippi G5376, He was asking G2065 His disciples G3101, “Who G5101 do people G444 say G3004 that the Son G5207 of Man G444 is?”

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Jesus G2424 went G1831 out G1831, along G2532 with His disciples G3101, to the villages G2968 of Caesarea G2542 Philippi G5376; and on the way G3598 He questioned G1905 His disciples G3101, saying G3004 to them, “Who G5101 do people G444 say G3004 that I am G1510?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - But Philip G5376 [fn]found G2147 himself at [fn]Azotus G108, and as he passed G1330 through G1330 he kept preaching G2097 the gospel G2097 to all G3956 the cities G4172, until G2193 he came G2064 to Caesarea G2542.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:30 - Now G1161 when the [fn]brothers G80 learned G1921 of it, they brought G2609 him down G2609 to Caesarea G2542 and sent G1821 him away G1821 to Tarsus G5019.

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Now G1161 there was a man G435 in Caesarea G2542 named G3686 Cornelius G2883, a centurion G1543 of what was called G2564 the Italian G2483 [fn]cohort G4686,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - On the following G1887 day G1887 he entered G1525 Caesarea G2542. Now G1161 Cornelius G2883 was expecting G4327 them and had called G4779 together G4779 his relatives G4773 and close G316 friends G5384.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:11 - “And behold G2400, at that moment G1824 three G5140 men G435 who had been sent G649 to me from Caesarea G2542 came G2186 up G2186 to G2186 the house G3614 where G3739 we were staying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - When Herod G2264 had searched G1934 for G1934 him and had not found G2147 him, he examined G350 the guards G5441 and ordered G2753 that they be led G520 away G520 to execution. Then G1161 he went G2718 down G2718 from Judea G2449 to Caesarea G2542 and was spending G1304 time G1304 there.

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When he had landed G2718 in Caesarea G2542, he went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem and greeted G782 the church G1577, and went G2597 down G2597 to Antioch G490.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:8 - On the next G1887 day G1887 we left G1831 and came G2064 to Caesarea G2542, and we entered G1525 the house G3624 of Philip G5376 the evangelist G2099, who was one of the seven G2033, and stayed G3306 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:16 - Some of the disciples G3101 from Caesarea G2542 also G2532 came G4905 with us, taking G71 us to Mnason G3416 of G2953 Cyprus G2953, a disciple G3101 of long G744 standing G744 with whom G3739 we were to stay G3579.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - And he called G4341 to him two G1417 of the centurions G1543 and said G3004, “Get G2090 two G1250 hundred G1250 soldiers G4757 ready G2090 by [fn]the third G5154 hour G5610 of the night G3571 to proceed G4198 to Caesarea G2542, [fn]with seventy G1440 horsemen G2460 and two G1250 hundred G1250 [fn]spearmen G1187.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:33 - When these G3748 horsemen had come G1525 to Caesarea G2542 and delivered G325 the letter G1992 to the governor G2232, they also G2532 presented G3936 Paul G3972 to him.

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Festus G5347, then G3767, after arriving G1910 in the province G1885, went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem G2414 from Caesarea G2542 three G5140 days G2250 later G3326.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4 - Festus G5347 then G3767 answered G611 that Paul G3972 was being kept G5083 in G5083 custody G5083 in Caesarea G2542, and that he himself G1438 was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 leave G1607 shortly G5034.

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After Festus had spent G1304 no G3756 more G4183 than eight G3638 or G2228 ten G1176 days G2250 among G1722 them, he went G2597 down G2597 to Caesarea G2542, and on the next G1887 day G1887 he took G2523 his seat G2523 on the tribunal G968 and ordered G2753 that Paul G3972 be brought G71.

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Now G1161 when several G5100 days G2250 had passed G1230, King G935 Agrippa G67 and Bernice G959 arrived G2658 in Caesarea G2542, paying G782 their respects G782 to Festus G5347.

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