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GREEK · G2484
Itouraia — Ituraea
Ἰτουραῖος, -αία, -αῖον [in LXX: 1Ch.5:19 A (יְטוּר) * ;] Ituræan (in cl. always ὁι Ἰ., the Ituræans) χώρα (ἡ Ἰτουραίων ὀρεινή, τὰ τῶν Ἰ. μέρη, Strabo, XVI, ii, 16, 20), Luk.3:1 (cf. Exp. (1894), ix, 51 ff., 143 ff., 288 ff.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3195
ye.tur — Jetur
A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Jetur = "enclosed" 1) a son of Ishmael whose descendants warred with Israel east of the Jordan 1a) also called 'Ituraea'
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A district in the north-east of Palestine, forming, along with the adjacent territory of Trachonitis, the tetrarchy of Philip (Luke 3:1). The present Jedur comprehends the chief part of Ituraea. It is bounded on the east by Trachonitis, on the south by Gaulanitis, on the west by Hermon, and on the north by the plain of Damascus.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
