{"def":{"lit":"severed","short":"Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine","long":["the city of Caesarea of Philippi, situated at the foot of Lebanon near the sources of the Jordan in Gaulanitis","the city Caesarea of Palestine was built near the Mediterranean by Herod the Great on the site of Strabo's Tower, between Joppa and Dora"]},"deriv":"from G2541","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛˈsɑ.ri.ɑ","ipa_mod":"keˈsɑ.ri.ɑ","sbl":"kaisareia","dic":"keh-SA-ree-ah","dic_mod":"kay-SA-ree-ah"},"see":["G2541"],"comment":"Caesarea of Philippi was formerly called Paneas, but after being rebuilt by Philip the tetrarch, it was named Caesarea, in honor of Tiberias Caesar; subsequently called Neronias by Agrippa II, in honor of Nero. Caesarea of Palestine was provided with a magnificent harbor and had conferred upon it the name of Caesarea, in honor of Augustus. It was the residence of Roman procurators, and the majority of its inhabitants were Greeks."}