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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ΚαισάρειαG2542
PronunciationKaisáreia
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 ItCaesarea15×Acts 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:1, Acts 10:24
around Caesarea1×Mark 8:27
of Caesarea1×Matthew 16:13
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Matthew 16:13Καισαρείαςtoof CaesareaNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularMark 8:27Καισαρείαςtoaround CaesareaNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 8:40ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 9:30ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 10:1ΚαισαρείᾳtoCaesareaNoun - Dative Feminine SingularActs 10:24ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 11:11ΚαισαρείαςtoCaesareaNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularActs 12:19ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 18:22ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 21:8ΚαισάρειανtoCaesareaNoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 16:13
Aligned rows17
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Acts15
Source forms
Καισάρειαν10xKaisareianActs 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:24, Acts 12:19
Καισαρείας6xKaisareiasMatthew 16:13, Mark 8:27, Acts 11:11, Acts 21:16
Καισαρείᾳ1xKaisareiaActs 10:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular10xActs 8:40, Acts 9:30, Acts 10:24, Acts 12:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular6xMatthew 16:13, Mark 8:27, Acts 11:11, Acts 21:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 10:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
Strong'sG2542
Lexical occurrences17 versesGreek text appearances17 times16 shown belowWord forms3 forms17 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine
Extended definition
:--Cæsarea.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 16:13Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείαςkaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseMark 8:27Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείαςkaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseActs 8:40Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν.kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 9:30Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν,kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 10:1Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Καισαρείᾳkaisareia
Caesarea
Read verseActs 10:24Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν.kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 11:11Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείαςkaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseActs 12:19Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειανkaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 18:22Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν,kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 21:8Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν·kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 21:16Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείαςkaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseActs 23:23Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας,kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseActs 23:33Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Καισάρειαν,kaisareian
Caesarea
Read verseActs 25:1Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Καισαρείας.kaisareiav
Caesarea
Read verseActs 25:4Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Καισαρείᾳ,kaisareia
Caesarea
Read verseActs 25:6Noun 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 patterns3Aligned forms17Case patternAccusative (10)Number patternSingular (17)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMatt 16:13 · Mark 8:27 · Acts 11:11 · Acts 21:16 · Acts 23:23 · Acts 25:16×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 10:11×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 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 25:1310×
Word Origins
Καισάρεια is built from this root:
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