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kō̇-rā´zin (ΧοÏαζιÌν, ChorazıÌn, ; ΧωÏαζιÌν, ChoÌ„razıÌn, ; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek ΧοÏαζειÌν, ChorazeıÌn): A city whose name appears only in the woe pronounced against it by Christ (; ). Its appearance there, however, shows that it must have been a place of some importance, and highly privileged by the ministry of Jesus. It was already deserted in the time of Eusebius, who places it 2 miles from Capernaum (Onomasticon, under the word). We can hardly doubt that it is represented by the extensive ruins of KeraÌ„zeh, on the heights to the north of Tell HÌ£uÌ„m. It is utterly desolate: a few carved stones being seen among the heaps. There are traces of a Roman road which connected the ancient city with the great highway between north and south which touched the lake shore at KhaÌ„n MinyehÌŒ.