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Τραχωνῖτις
Trachōnitis
G5139
N:N-F-L Greek

Trachonitis

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Trachonitis identifies a country named with Ituraea in the territorial notice concerning Philip's tetrarchy.

The attested use identifies a country included with Ituraea in the notice of Philip's tetrarchy in Luke 3:1.

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  1. Country named in a tetrarch's territory · dominant

    In Luke 3:1, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the phrase describing the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis under Philip's tetrarchy; the APB renders the territorial clause “he was tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 3:1 the APB presents the term as “Trachonitis” within “the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis”.

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