Kaisareia · Caesarea

What it means

Kaisareia (Καισάρεια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Caesarea”.

"Caesarea Philippi" was a city at the foot of Mount Hermon; "Caesarea" alone is the port on the coast.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Caesarea

  Today: Caesarea Maritima ruins, Israel

  A port city on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Jerusalem.

  There Peter announced the good news to Cornelius and his household (Acts 10:1-48). Paul was kept prisoner there before being sent to Rome (Acts 23:23; 25:1).

  Acts 10:1Acts 8:40Acts 23:23Acts 25:1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Acts×15

• Matthew 16:13

  Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

• Mark 8:27

  And Jesus went out, and his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he was asking his disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?”

• Acts 8:40

  But Philip was found at Ashdod, and passing through he was announcing the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

• Acts 9:30

  And when the brothers learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

• Acts 10:1

  Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italian,

• Acts 10:24

  And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

• Acts 11:11

  And look, at that very moment three men stood at the house in which we were, sent from Caesarea to me.

• Acts 12:19

  And Herod, after searching for him and not finding him, examined the guards and ordered them to be led away; and going down from Judea to Caesarea, he stayed there.

• Acts 18:22

  And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

• Acts 21:8

  And on the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.

• Acts 21:16

  And some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing us to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

• Acts 23:23

  And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

• Acts 23:33

  When they had come into Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also to him.

• Acts 25:1

  So Festus, having arrived in the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

• Acts 25:4

  Festus then answered that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to set out there shortly.

• Acts 25:6

  And after staying among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.

• Acts 25:13

  And when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to greet Festus.