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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  • Locality
  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
  • Also known as
    “Capernaum”
    “Kefar Nahum”
    “Kfar Nachum”
    “Kfar Nahum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Peter’s house and Synagogue of Capernaum.
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St. Peter's Church, also called the Pilgrimage Church of St.
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The is a hill in northern , in the Korazim Plateau.

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 Capernahum.
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is a workers' moshav in the in northern . is situated 2½ km north of Capernahum.
Berthold Werner, Public domain.
or Dalmanoutha is the unknown destination… is situated 2½ km southwest of Capernahum.

Capernahum

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Latitude
32.88073° or 32° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.57543° or 35° 34′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G4QVHJG+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476459
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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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