Strong's G5139: Τραχωνῖτις (Trachōnîtis) Meaning

Quick Definition

Τραχωνῖτις, ιδος, ἡ n.f. Trachonitis

Biblical Persons & Places

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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Τραχωνῖτις (G5139)

adjc. | -ιδος

93.598 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Trachonitis a district to the south of Damascus

LUK 3:1

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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, Lk. 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, Lk 3:1.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Τραχωνῖτις (Trachōnitis) — Trachonitis. 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.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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)

Bible Occurrences (1)

3:1

G5139 Τραχωνῖτις (Trachōnîtis)