The name Capernaum (Καπερναουμ) is aGreektransliteration of theHebrewכפר נחום(kapar nahum), which obviously consists of two elements. The first part of our name is the wordכפר(kapar), meaning village: ...
Kfar Naḥūm, the original name of the small town, means “Nahum’s village” in Hebrew, but apparently, there is no connection with the prophet named Nahum. In the writings of Josephus, the name is rendered in Greek as Kαφαρναούμ Kapharnaoúm and Κεφαρνωκόν...
them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need. / Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement), ...