Capernaum

Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans in Israel, located on the northern shore of the . It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around -210 metres (-670 feet)
  • Description: village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
  • Also known as
    “Capernahum”
    “Capharnaum”
    “Kefar Nahum”
    “Kfar Nachum”
    “Kfar Nahum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Peter’s house and Synagogue of Capernaum.
Berthold Werner, Public domain.
St. Peter's Church, also called the Pilgrimage Church of St.
Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a hill in northern , in the Korazim Plateau. is situated 2 km west of Capernaum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabgha and Amnun.
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is an area situated on the north-western shore… is situated 2½ km west of Capernaum.
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is a workers' moshav in the in northern . is situated 2½ km north of Capernaum.

Capernaum

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Latitude
32.88069° or 32° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.57552° or 35° 34′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G4QVHJG+76
Open­Street­Map ID
way 551062314
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
294522
Wiki­data ID
Q59174

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Capernaum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kapernaüm”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Kαφαρναούμ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καπερναούμ”
  • Arabic: “كفر ناحوم”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaún”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnayún”
  • Armenian: “Կապարնաում”
  • Armenian: “Կափառնայում”
  • Basque: “Kfar Nahum”
  • Belarusian: “Капернаум”
  • Bishnupriya: “কাফার্নাউম”
  • Breton: “Kafarnaom”
  • Bulgarian: “Капернаум”
  • Catalan: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Catalan: “Capernaum”
  • Cebuano: “Kefar Naẖum”
  • Chinese: “迦百农”
  • Chinese: “迦百農”
  • Croatian: “Kafarnaum”
  • Czech: “Kafar Nachum”
  • Czech: “Kafarnaum”
  • Czech: “Kapernaum”
  • Czech: “Kapharnaum”
  • Czech: “Kfar Nachum”
  • Danish: “Kafarnaum”
  • Danish: “Kapernaum”
  • Danish: “Kefar Nahum”
  • Dutch: “Capernaüm”
  • Dutch: “Kafarnaüm”
  • Dutch: “Kapernaüm”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر ناحوم”
  • Esperanto: “Kafarnao”
  • Esperanto: “Kapernaum”
  • Esperanto: “Kfar Naĥum”
  • Esperanto: “Kfarnaĥumo”
  • Finnish: “Kapernaum”
  • Finnish: “Kfar Nahum”
  • French: “Capernaum”
  • French: “Capharnaüm”
  • French: “Kefar Nahoum”
  • French: “Kfar Nakhoum”
  • Galician: “Cafarnaún”
  • German: “Kafar Nahum”
  • German: “Kafarnaum”
  • German: “Kapernaum”
  • German: “Kapharnaum”
  • German: “Tel Hum”
  • Greek: “Καπερναούμ”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar Naẖum”
  • Hebrew: “Kfar Naẖum”
  • Hebrew: “כפר נחום”
  • Hindi: “capernaum”
  • Hindi: “कफ़रनहूम”
  • Hungarian: “Kafarnaum”
  • Indonesian: “Kapernaum”
  • Italian: “Cafarnao”
  • Italian: “Kefar Nahum”
  • Japanese: “カファルナウム”
  • Japanese: “カペナウム”
  • Japanese: “カペルナウム”
  • Japanese: “カペルナム国立公園”
  • Javanese: “Kapernaum”
  • Kashubian: “Kafarnaùm”
  • Korean: “카파르나움”
  • Latvian: “Kapernauma”
  • Malagasy: “Kafarnahoma”
  • Malayalam: “കഫർനാം”
  • Maltese: “Kafarnaum”
  • Maori: “Kaperenauma”
  • Mazanderani: “کفرناحوم”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafarnaum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapernaum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Capernaum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “K’far Nachum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “K’far Nahum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapernaum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefár Nahúm”
  • Norwegian: “Kapernaum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cafarnaom”
  • Persian: “کفرناحوم”
  • Polish: “Kafarnaum”
  • Portuguese: “Cafarnaum”
  • Romanian: “Capernaum”
  • Russian: “Капернаум”
  • Russian: “Кафарнаум”
  • Russian: “Кфар-Нахум”
  • Russian: “Национальный парк Капернаум”
  • Scots: “Capernaum”
  • Serbian: “Капернаум”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kafarnaum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kapernaum”
  • Slovenian: “Kafarnaum”
  • Spanish: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Spanish: “Cafarnaún”
  • Spanish: “Capernaúm”
  • Spanish: “Kfar Nahum”
  • Spanish: “Kfar Najum”
  • Swahili: “Kapernaumu”
  • Swedish: “Kafarnaum”
  • Swedish: “Kapernaum”
  • Swedish: “Kefar Nahum”
  • Swedish: “Kfar Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ni Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Cafarnaum”
  • Tagalog: “Caparnaum”
  • Tagalog: “Capernaum”
  • Tagalog: “Capharnaum”
  • Tagalog: “Kaparnaum”
  • Tagalog: “Kapernaum”
  • Tagalog: “Kfar Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ni Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Lunsod ni Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Nayon ni Nahum”
  • Tagalog: “Siyudad ni Nahum”
  • Tamil: “கப்பர்நாகும்”
  • Thai: “คาเปอรนาอุม”
  • Turkish: “Kefernahum”
  • Ukrainian: “Капернаум”
  • Urdu: “کفر نحوم”
  • Venetian: “Cafarnao”
  • Vietnamese: “Capernaum”
  • Vietnamese: “Caphácnaum”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapernaum”
  • Western Frisian: “Kafarnaüm”
  • Western Frisian: “Kapernaüm”
  • Wu Chinese: “迦百农”

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