McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Capharetaea

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Capharetaea


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a village of Samaria, the native place of the heretic Menander, according to Justin Martyr ( Êáððáñåôáú v á , Apol. 2), but Eusebius (Ecct. Hist. 3:26) cites the name somewhat differently ( Êáðáñáôôáßá ), and Theodoret (Compend. Haeret. Fab. 2) has Chabrae ( ×áâñá῏῏῏ú v); so that the place is altogether doubtful.