1. Caesar (Roman emperor) — Kaisar (Caesar), the title and proper name for the Roman emperor, used as a proper noun throughout the NT referring to the reigning Caesar. In the Synoptic 'render unto Caesar' pericope (Matt 22:17,21; Mark 12:14,16-17; Luke 20:22,24-25), it denotes the Roman authority to whom taxes are owed. In Luke 2:1 and 3:1 it refers specifically to Augustus and Tiberius. In John 19:12,15, the Jewish leaders invoke Caesar against Jesus. In Acts 17:7, 25:8-12,21, 26:32, 27:24, 28:19, Paul appeals to Caesar (Nero). Phil 4:22 mentions 'Caesar's household.' Cross-linguistically monolithic: Arabic Qaysar, German Casar/Kaiser, Hebrew Qeisar, Hindi Kaisar, Korean Gaisa, Spanish Kaisar/Cesar, French Cesar. The four auto-clusters merely split case forms (accusative, dative, genitive) and minor English gloss variants ('Caesar' vs 'Kaisar' vs 'of Caesar') -- all inflectional variants of a single proper-noun sense. 29×
AR["أَمَامَ-قَيْصَرَ","قَيصَرَ","قَيْصَرَ","لِقَيصَرَ","لِقَيْصَرَ"]·ben["আর","কৈসর।","কৈসরকে","কৈসরের","কৈসরের-নিকটে","কৈসরের-সামনে","কৈসরের।"]·DE["Cäsar","Kaiser"]·EN["Caesar","Kaisar","before-Caesar","to-Caesar","to-Kaisar"]·FR["César","Césarée"]·heb["לְ-קֵיסָר","לְ-קֵסַר","לִפְנֵי-קֵיסָר","קֵיסַר","קֵיסָר","קֵסַר","שֶׁל-קֵיסָר"]·HI["कैसर","कैसर-को","कैसरकी","कैसरकी।","कैसरके","कैसरकेसामने","कैसरके।","कैसरको,"]·ID["Kaisar","Kaisar,","Kaisar.","kepada-Kaisar"]·IT["Cesare","kaisara","kaisari","kaisaros"]·jav["Kaisar","Kaisar,","Kaisar.","dhateng-Kaisar","dhateng-Kaisar,"]·KO["가이사","가이사-에게","가이사-의","가이사르","가이사르-의","가이사르에게","가이사를","가이사에게"]·PT["A-César","César","César,","César.","Perante-César","a-César","a-César,","a-César."]·RU["Кесарю","Кесарю,","Кесарю.","Кесаря","Кесаря.","к-Кесарю,","кесарю"]·ES["A-Káisar","Kaîsar","Kaîsara","Kaîsari","Kaîsaros","Káisar","a-Kaisar","a-Kaîsar","a-Káisar","ante-Káisar"]·SW["Kaisar","Kaisari","au","kwa-Kaisari","na"]·TR["Sezar","Sezar'a","Sezar'ın","Sezar'ın-önüne","Sezara","değil"]·urd["قیصر","قیصر-سے","قیصر-کو","قیصر-کے"]
Matt 22:17, Matt 22:21, Matt 22:21, Matt 22:21, Mark 12:14, Mark 12:16, Mark 12:17, Mark 12:17, Luke 2:1, Luke 3:1, Luke 20:22, Luke 20:24 (+17 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Καῖσαρ, -αρος, ὁ Cæsar: Mat.22:17, Luk.2:1, Jhn.19:12, Act.25:8 ff., al (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)