Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Καπαρναούμ ‎(Kaparnaoúm)
• Καπερναούμ ‎(Kapernaoúm)

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

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

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

Proper noun

Καφαρνᾱούμ • ‎(Kapharnāoúm) 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 lexicon
• “G2584”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979