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Trachonitis
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Trachonitis
Trachonitis
A location only mentioned at Luk.3.1;
only referred to as Trachonitis (Τραχωνῖτις).
Strong's Definition
rough district; Trachonitis, a region of Syria
Derivation: from a derivative of G5138 (τραχύς);
KJV Usage: Trachonitis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Τραχωνῖτις, Τραχωνίτιδος, ἡ, Trachonitis, a rough ((Greek τραχύς)) region, tenanted by robbers, situated between Antilibanus (on the west) and the mountains of Batanaea (on the east), and bounded on the N. by the territory of Damascus: Luk_3:1 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 9, 3 and often). (See Porter in BB. DD.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Τραχωνῖτις Trachōnitis 1x
Trachonitis, part of the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas, the north-easternmost habitable district east of the Jordan, Luk_3:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)