Chorazin
E226421
Chorazin was an ancient Galilean town near Capernaum, mentioned in the New Testament as one of the cities rebuked by Jesus for its unrepentance despite witnessing his miracles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chorazin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1960913 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chorazin Context triple: [Bethsaida, groupedWith, Chorazin]
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A.
Capernaum
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
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B.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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C.
Magdala
Magdala is an ancient fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.
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D.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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E.
Bethar
Bethar was an ancient fortified town in Judea, best known as the last stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chorazin Target entity description: Chorazin was an ancient Galilean town near Capernaum, mentioned in the New Testament as one of the cities rebuked by Jesus for its unrepentance despite witnessing his miracles.
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A.
Capernaum
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
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B.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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C.
Magdala
Magdala is an ancient fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.
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D.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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E.
Bethar
Bethar was an ancient fortified town in Judea, best known as the last stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament place
ⓘ
ancient town ⓘ biblical location ⓘ |
| alsoSpelled |
Korazim
ⓘ
Korazin ⓘ |
| associatedWith | woes pronounced by Jesus ⓘ |
| category |
New Testament cities
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Towns of Galilee
|
| country |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
modern Israel
|
| describedAs | unrepentant city ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 3 kilometers from the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalReference |
Luke 10:13
ⓘ
Matthew 11:21 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
basalt stone buildings
ⓘ
synagogue ruins ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEvidence | archaeological remains ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being rebuked by Jesus for unrepentance
ⓘ
witnessing miracles of Jesus ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galilee
ⓘ
ancient Galilee ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Capernaum ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jesus’ Galilean ministry
ⓘ
surface form:
Galilean ministry of Jesus
|
| rebukedBy |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| region | northern shore area of the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| sharesRebukeWith |
Bethsaida
ⓘ
Capernaum ⓘ |
| status |
archaeological site
ⓘ
ruined town ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Temple Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Temple period
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chorazin Description of subject: Chorazin was an ancient Galilean town near Capernaum, mentioned in the New Testament as one of the cities rebuked by Jesus for its unrepentance despite witnessing his miracles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.