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Trachonitis in the Bible.

Trachonitis is a region in the Bible, its middle about 176 km (109 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Luke 3:1.

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About Trachonitis.

A rugged region, corresponds to the Heb. Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jordan (Luke 3:1); one of the five Roman provinces into which that district was divided. It was in the tetrarchy of Philip, and is now called the Lejah.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Trachonitis.

Herod Antipas 1Lysanias 1Philip 1Pontius 1Tiberius 1

The verse that names Trachonitis.

Luke 1

  • Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Questions about Trachonitis.

Where is Trachonitis in the Bible?

Trachonitis is a region its middle about 176 km (109 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Trachonitis named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Trachonitis in 1 verse, in 1 book.

Which people are named with Trachonitis in the Bible?

The verses that name Trachonitis also name Herod Antipas, Lysanias, Philip, Pontius and Tiberius.

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