Capernahum

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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Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
  • Also known as: “Capernaum”, “Kefar Nahum”, “Kfar Nachum”, and “Kfar Nahum”

Places of Interest

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 , northern .

Synagogue
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabgha and Amnun.

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 Capernahum.

Village
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is a workers' moshav in the in northern . Located on the Korazim Plateau, it belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and HaOved HaTzioni, a part of Hanoar Hatzioni. is situated 2½ km north of Capernahum.

Locality
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
or Dalmanoutha is the unknown destination of Jesus on the shores of the Sea of Gallilee after he fed the four thousand, as recorded in Mark's gospel. is situated 2½ km southwest of Capernahum.

Capernahum

Latitude
32.88073° or 32° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.57543° or 35° 34′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G4QVHJG+75
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q59174
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Capernahum” 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”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر ناحوم”
  • 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: “כפר נחום”
  • 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: “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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