(Καπερναομ), a city on the north-western side of the Lake of Gennesareth, and on the border of the tribes of Zebulum and Naphtali. The infidelity and impiety of the inhabitants, after the evidence given to them by our Saviour himself of the truth of his mission, brought upon them this heavy denunciation:—“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell,” &c. (Matt. xi. 23.) This seems to have been more than any other place the residence of Christ after he commenced his mission; and hence the force of the denunciation, which has been so completely accomplished, that even the site of Capernaum is quite uncertain. Dr Robinson regards its site as marked by a mound of ruins, called by the Arabs Khan Minyeh, situated in the fertile plain on the western border of the Lake of Gennesareth. In this plain Josephus places a fountain called Capharnaum; he says nothing of the town; but, as the town of Capernaum was in this same plain, it may be safely concluded that the fountain was not far from the town, and took its name therefrom. In this plain there are now two fountains, one called 'Ain el Madawarah, the “Round Fountain,” rising immediately at the foot of the western line of hills; the other, called 'Ain et-Tin, near the northern extremity of the plain, and not far from the lake. This latter fountain Dr Robinson inclines to regard as that which Josephus mentions under the name of Capharnaum. Near it is a low mound of ruins occupying a considerable circumference, which are most probably the remains of the doomed city; and if these be all its remains, it has, according to that doom, been brought low indeed. It is important to add, that Quaresmius expressly states, that in his day, the place called by the Arabs Minyeh, was regarded as marking the site of Capernaum.