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Capernaum

Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the . It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.
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Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
  • Also known as: “Capernahum”, “Capharnaum”, “Kefar Nahum”, “Kfar Nachum”, and “Kfar Nahum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Peter’s house and Synagogue of Capernaum.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
St. Peter's Church, also called the Pilgrimage Church of St. Peter in Capernaum, is a modern Catholic pilgrimage church found in the archaeological site of Capernaum, northern .

Synagogue
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Bantosh, Public domain.
The is a Roman Catholic church located on the by the near and Capernaum in . is situated 2 km west of Capernaum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount of Beatitudes and Tabgha.

Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a hill in northern , in the Korazim Plateau. It is the traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

Village
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an area situated on the north-western shore of the in and a depopulated Palestinian village. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the third resurrection appearance of Jesus after his Crucifixion. is situated 2½ km west of Capernaum.

Capernaum

Latitude
32.88069° or 32° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.57552° or 35° 34′ 32″ east
Elevation
-205 metres (-673 feet)
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”
  • Arabic: “كفرناحوم”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaum”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaun”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnaún”
  • Aragonese: “Cafarnayún”
  • Armenian: “Կապարնաում”
  • Armenian: “Կափառնայում”
  • Basque: “Kfar Nahum”
  • Belarusian: “Капернаум”
  • Bishnupriya: “কাফার্নাউম”
  • Breton: “Kafarnaom”
  • Bulgarian: “Капернаум”
  • Catalan: “Cafarnaum”
  • Catalan: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Catalan: “Cafarnaüm”
  • 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: “Capernaum”
  • Dutch: “Capernaüm”
  • Dutch: “Kafarnaum”
  • Dutch: “Kafarnaüm”
  • Dutch: “Kapernaum”
  • Dutch: “Kapernaüm”
  • Esperanto: “Kafarnao”
  • Esperanto: “Kapernaum”
  • Esperanto: “Kfar Naĥum”
  • Esperanto: “Kfarnaĥumo”
  • Finnish: “Kapernaum”
  • Finnish: “Kfar Nahum”
  • French: “Capernaum”
  • French: “Capharnaum”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Kefar Nahum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefár Nahúm”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefarnahum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfar Nachum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfar Nahum”
  • 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: “Cafarnaum”
  • Spanish: “Cafarnaúm”
  • Spanish: “Cafarnaun”
  • Spanish: “Cafarnaún”
  • Spanish: “Capernaum”
  • 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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