kō̇ -rā´zin ( Χοραζίν , Chorazı́n , Matthew 11:21; Χωραζίν , Chōrazı́n , Luke 10:13; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Χοραζείν , Chorazeı́n ): A city whose name appears only in the woe pronounced against it by Christ (Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13 ). 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 Kerāzeh , on the heights to the north of Tell Ḥūm . 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 Khān Minyeh ̌ .
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