Strong's #2542: Kaisereia (pronounced kahee-sar'-i-a)

from 2541; Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine:--Caesarea.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Kaisareia

Caesarea = "severed"

1) 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.

2) 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.

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from G2541

Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

 

Matthew 16:13: "into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,"
Mark 8:27: "into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the"
Acts 8:40: "he came to Caesarea."
Acts 9:30: "knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth"
Acts 10:1: "a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of"
Acts 10:24: "morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for"
Acts 11:11: "where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me."
Acts 12:19: "from Judea to Caesarea, and there abode."
Acts 18:22: "And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the"
Acts 21:8: "day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into"
Acts 21:16: "certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus,"
Acts 23:23: "to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and"
Acts 23:33: "Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle"
Acts 25:1: "days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem."
Acts 25:4: "that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart"
Acts 25:6: "days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on"
Acts 25:13: "Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus."