- Transliteration: Emmaous

- Phonetic: em-mah-ooce'

- Definition: Emmaus = "warm baths"

1. the village to which the two disciples were going when our Lord appeared to them on the way, on the day of resurrection. Lk. 24:13. Luke makes its distance from Jerusalem, sixty stadia, or 7.5 miles (12 km); and Josephus mentions "a village called Emmaus" at the same distance. The site of Emmaus remains yet to be identified.

- Origin: probably of hebrew origin, cf H3222" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3222

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Probably of hebrew origin (compare [H3222" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3222]); Emmaus a place in Palestine: - Emmaus.