Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Καπαρναούμ ‎(Kaparnaoúm)
• Καφαρναούμ ‎(Kapharnaoúm)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /kapernaúm/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kapernaúm/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kapeɾnaúm/

Proper noun

Καπερνᾱούμ • ‎(Kapernāoúm) f ‎(indeclinable)

1. Capernaum

Inflection

Usage notes

Καφαρναούμ ‎(Kapharnaoúm) is the version used in the earliest manuscripts and is considered to be the most likely authentic version.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G2584”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979