How to Pronounce Emmaus
eh-MAY-uhs
Emmaus is pronounced eh-MAY-uhs (ɛˈmeɪəs): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Emmaus mean?
Emmaus means “people despised or obscure”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Emmaus?
Emmaus was a village about threescore furlongs, roughly seven miles, from Jerusalem (Luke 24:13). On the day of the resurrection the risen Jesus joined two disciples walking there and was made known to them in the breaking of bread.
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