Capharsalama ( v. r. , appar. for , “village of peace”), a place where Nicanor’s troops were cut to pieces by Judas Maccabaeus (1Ma 7:31). Josephus, in the parallel account (Ant. 12:10, 4), calls it a village ( ). Reland suggests (Palest. p. 90) that it may have been the same with the Caphar Gamala … Continue reading “Capharsalama”
Capharorsa
Capharorsa a place ( for ) named by Ptolemy as a town of Idumaea west of the Jordan, and thought by Reland (Palcest. p. 690) to be the Caphararia (or Ceperaria) placed in the Peun tinger Table between Jerusalem and Ashkalon. SEE CEPERARIA. It is possibly the same with CAPHARZACHARIA SEE CAPHARZACHARIA (q.v.). Capharsaba. SEE … Continue reading “Capharorsa”
Capharnaum
Capharnaum (Hebrew: Kaphar Nahum, village of Nahum) Town, Galilee, closely associated with Our Lord, and frequently mentioned in the Gospels. When repelled by the Nazarenes, Jesus went there to live, and it was called “His city” (Matthew 9). In Capharnaum He chose His first disciples (Matthew 4) and performed many miracles; He cured the paralytic … Continue reading “Capharnaum”
Caphargamala
Caphargamala (prob. village of the camel), a village said to have been situated 20 miles from Jerusalem; the native place of the presbyter Lucian, who wrote the memoir concerning the remains of St. Stephen, about the fifth century (Reland, Palcest. p. 688); but thought by Cotovicus (Itin. p. 284) to be the name of a … Continue reading “Caphargamala”
Capharetaea
Capharetaea a village of Samaria, the native place of the heretic Menander, according to Justin Martyr (v, Apol. 2), but Eusebius (Ecct. Hist. 3:26) cites the name somewhat differently (), and Theodoret (Compend. Haeret. Fab. 2) has Chabrae (v); so that the place is altogether doubtful. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Caphardagon
Caphardagon SEE BETH-DAGON. Caphareccho. SEE KEPHAR-AKKO. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Capharcotia
Capharcotia SEE CAPARCOTIA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Capharbarucha
Capharbarucha (prob. for , village of blessing; but different from the “valley of blessing”, SEE BERACHAH, named in 2Ch 20:26), a place mentioned by Jerome (Ep. 86) as overlooking the desert of Sodom, and traditionally held to be the place where Abraham interceded with Jehovah for the guilty cities of the plain (Gen 18:16; Gen … Continue reading “Capharbarucha”
Caphararia
Caphararia Caphararia. SEE CAPHARORSA Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Capharabis
Capharabis (.), a town of Idumea, with a very strong wall, surrendered by the citizens to Cerealis, the general of Vespasian, after a siege thus rendered unexpectedly short (Josephus, War, 4:9, 9). Reland (Palaest. p. 684) thinks it the Kephar-Bish (q.v.) of the rabbins; but Schwarz refers it to the Kephar-Abus ( ) of the … Continue reading “Capharabis”