Strong's Number 2542
Transliteration:
Kaisereia
{kahee-sar'-i-a}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Usage in the KJV:
Caesarea (of Palestine) 15, Caesarea (Philippi) 2
Total: 17
Definition:
Caesarea = "severed"
- Caesarea of Philippi was situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis, and formerly called Paneas; but afterward being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was called by him Caesarea, in honour of Tiberias Caesar; subsequently called Neronias by Agrippa II, in honour of Nero.
- Caesarea of Palestine was built near the Mediterranean by Herod the Great on the site of Strabo's Tower, between Joppa and Dora. It was provided with a magnificent harbour and had conferred upon it the name of Caesarea, in honour of Augustus. It was the residence of Roman procurators, and the majority of its inhabitants were Greeks.