2484. Ἰτουραΐα (Itouraios) -- Ituraea, a region North of Pal.
Strong's Concordance
Itouraios: Ituraea, a region North of Pal.
Original Word: Ἰτουραῖος, α, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: Itouraios
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-too-rah'-yah)
Definition: Ituraea, a region North of Pal
Usage: Ituraean, an adjective applied to a district also called Trachonitis, about 60 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, and partly inhabited by the nomad tribe called Ituraeans.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of Hebrew origin Yetur
Definition
Ituraea, a region N. of Pal.
NASB Translation
Ituraea (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2484: Ἰτουραια
Ἰτουραια, Ἰτουραίας, ἡ, Ituraea, a mountainous region, lying northeast of Palestine and west of Damascus (Strabo 16, p. 756 § 18; Pliny, h. n. 5 (23) 19). According to Luke (Luke 3:1), at the time when John the Baptist made his public appearance it was subject to Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod the Great, although it is not mentioned by Josephus (Antiquities 17, 8, 1; 11, 4, 18; 4, 6 and b. j. 2, 6, 3) among the regions assigned to this prince after his father's death; (on this point cf. Schürer in the Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1877, p. 577f). It was brought under Jewish control by king Aristobulus circa
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ituraea.Of Hebrew origin (Ytuwr); Ituraea (i.e. Jetur), a region of Palestine -- Ituraea.
see HEBREW Ytuwr
Forms and Transliterations
Ιτουραιας Ἰτουραίας Itouraias ItouraíasLinks
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