Lexical Summary Itouraios: Ituraea, a region North of Pal Original Word: ἸτουραῖοςTransliteration: Itouraios Phonetic Spelling: (ee-too-rah'-yah) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: Ituraea, a region North of Pal Meaning: Ituraea -- a region North of Palestine Strong's Concordance Ituraea. Of Hebrew origin (Ytuwr); Ituraea (i.e. Jetur), a region of Palestine -- Ituraea. see HEBREW Ytuwr Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2484: ἸτουραιαἸτουραια, Ἰτουραίας, ἡ, Ituraea, a mountainous region, lying northeast of Palestine and west of Damascus (Strabo 16, p. 756 § 18; Pliny, h. n. 5 (23) 19). According to Luke (Luke 3:1), at the time when John the Baptist made his public appearance it was subject to Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod the Great, although it is not mentioned by Josephus (Antiquities 17, 8, 1; 11, 4, 18; 4, 6 and b. j. 2, 6, 3) among the regions assigned to this prince after his father's death; (on this point cf. Schürer in the Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1877, p. 577f). It was brought under Jewish control by king Aristobulus circa |
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