Bible Names

Emmaus: meaning of the name

Emmaus means “people despised or obscure.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Emmaus in Hebrew and Greek

Ἐμμαούς G1695

Emmaoús — Emmaus, a place in Palestine

probably of Hebrew origin (compare H03222);

Places named Emmaus

Emmaus in Scripture

“Emmaus” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Luke 24:13

    And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.