What does Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) mean in the Bible?
Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) is a Greek word meaning "Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine".
Greek · G2542
Καισάρεια
Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
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Καισάρεια G2542
Pronunciation Kaisáreia
What does Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) mean in the Bible?
Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) is a Greek word meaning "Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2542?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Caesarea (15), around Caesarea (1), of Caesarea (1).
Where does Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 16:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (15), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Caesarea 15× Acts 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:1, Acts 10:24
around Caesarea 1× Mark 8:27
of Caesarea 1× Matthew 16:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 16:13 Καισαρείας to of Caesarea Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 8:27 Καισαρείας to around Caesarea Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 8:40 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 9:30 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 10:1 Καισαρείᾳ to Caesarea Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 10:24 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 11:11 Καισαρείας to Caesarea Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 12:19 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 18:22 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 21:8 Καισάρειαν to Caesarea Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 16:13
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Acts 15
Source forms
Καισάρειαν 10x Kaisareian Acts 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:24, Acts 12:19
Καισαρείας 6x Kaisareias Matthew 16:13, Mark 8:27, Acts 11:11, Acts 21:16
Καισαρείᾳ 1x Kaisareia Acts 10:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 10x Acts 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:24, Acts 12:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 6x Matthew 16:13, Mark 8:27, Acts 11:11, Acts 21:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 10:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
Strong's G2542
Lexical occurrences 17 verses Greek text appearances 17 times 16 shown below Word forms 3 forms 17 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
Extended definition
:--Cæsarea.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 17 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 16:13 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Mark 8:27 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 8:40 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν. kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 9:30 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν, kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 10:1 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Καισαρείᾳ kaisareia
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 10:24 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν. kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 11:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 12:19 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 18:22 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν, kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 21:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν· kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 21:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 23:23 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας, kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 23:33 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν, kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 25:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας. kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 25:4 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Καισαρείᾳ, kaisareia
Caesarea
Read verse Acts 25:6 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν, kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 17 Case pattern Accusative (10) Number pattern Singular (17)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:13 · Mark 8:27 · Acts 11:11 · Acts 21:16 · Acts 23:23 · Acts 25:1 6×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 10:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 8:40 · Acts 9:30 · Acts 10:24 · Acts 12:19 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 21:8 · Acts 23:33 · Acts 25:4 · Acts 25:6 · Acts 25:13 10×
Word Origins
Καισάρεια is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain