Strongs Number: G1695
- Greek Word
- Ἐμμαούς
- Transliteration
- Emmaous
- Phonetic
- em-mah-ooce'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Location
- Strongs Definition
-
Emmaus a place in Palestine
- Thayers Definition
-
Emmaus = "warm baths"
1. the village to which the two disciples were going when our Lord appeared to them on the way, on the day of resurrection. Lk. 24:13. Luke makes its distance from Jerusalem, sixty stadia, or 7.5 miles (12 km); and Josephus mentions "a village called Emmaus" at the same distance. The site of Emmaus remains yet to be identified.
- Origin
- Probably of Hebrew origin (compare [H3222])
- Bible Usage
- Emmaus.