Strong G5139Τραχωνῖτις
Trachonitis
- Transliteration
- Trachōnitis
- Pronunciation
- trakh-o-nee'-tis
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
From a derivative of G5138; rough district;
Trachonitis a region of Syria: - Trachonitis.
Trachonitis a region of Syria: - Trachonitis.
Meaning of the name
Traconitis, "rough, stony district"
Detailed definition
Τραχωνῖτις, -ιδος, ἡ
(τραχύς)
Trachonitis, a rough region S. of Damascus (in FlJ, sometimes ἡ Τ., sometimes ό Τράχων): ἡ Τ. χώρα, Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
(τραχύς)
Trachonitis, a rough region S. of Damascus (in FlJ, sometimes ἡ Τ., sometimes ό Τράχων): ἡ Τ. χώρα, Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Trachonitis
A rugged region northeast of the Jordan River
Trachonitis, a rugged, rocky region northeast of the Jordan River, part of Philip's tetrarchy during the time of John the Baptist (Luke 3:1).
In the Bible
Strong G5139 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- trachonitis1
First verses
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,