How to Pronounce Caesarea
Sess-ah-REE-ah
Caesarea is pronounced Sess-ah-REE-ah (ˌsɛsəˈriːə): four syllables, stress on the third. Also heard: SES-uh-REE-uh.
Where was Caesarea?
Caesarea was a coastal city that served as the Roman administrative center of Judea, home to the centurion Cornelius (Acts 10:1) and later the port where Paul was held and tried before the governors Felix and Festus (Acts 25:1). The name also belongs to a separate inland town, Caesarea Philippi, near which Jesus asked his disciples who men said he was (Matthew 16:13).
Also pronounced
SES-uh-REE-uh
Found in Scripture
Other names from Matthew
Caesar · SEE-zarCaesaraea · SES-uh-REE-uhCaesaraea-Philippi · SES-uh-REE-uh-FIL-eh-pye or SES-uh-REE-uh-fil-IP-eyeCaesarea_Philippi · zeh-suh-REE-uh-fil-LIH-paiCaesarea-Philippi · Sess-ah-REE-ah-FILL-ih-pieCaiaphas · KAY-uh-fuhsCapernaum · kuh-PERR-nay-uhmCenturion · sehn-TSHOOR-ee-uhnChorazin · kor-AY-sihnCyrene · sai-REE-neh
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