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Strong's #2484 - Ἰτουραΐα

Transliteration
Itouraḯa
Phonetics
ee-too-rah'-yah
Origin
of Hebrew origin (H3195)
Parts of Speech
Adjective
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
Ituraea = "past the limits" or "he will arrange"
  1. a mountainous region, lying northeast of Palestine and west of Damascus. At the time when John the Baptist made his public appearance it was subject to Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod the Great, among the regions assigned to this prince after his father's death. It was brought under Jewish control by king Aristobulus around 100 B.C. Its inhabitants had been noted for robbery and skilful use of the bow.
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3491 ‑ יְתוּר (yaw‑thoor');  
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Thayer's Expanded Definition

Ἰτουραια, Ἰτουραίας, , 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 (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 11, 3). Its inhabitants had been noted for robbery and the skilful use of the bow (Vergil geor. 2, 448; Cicero, Phil. 13, 8, 18; Strabo 16, p. 755f; Lucan, Phar. 7,230, 514). Cf. Münter, Progr. de rebus Ituraeorum, Hafn. 1824; Winers RWB, under the word Ituraea; Kneucker in Schenkel iii., p. 406f; (B. D. American edition under the word).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Ἰτουραῖος , -αία , -αῖον ,

[in LXX: 1 Chronicles 5:19 A (H3195) *;]

Ituræan (in cl. always ὁι Ἰ ., the Ituræans) χώρα (ἡ Ἰτουραίων ὀρεινή , τὰ τῶν Ἰ . μέρη , Strabo, XVI, ii, 16, 20), Luke 3:1 (cf. Exp. (1894), ix, 51 ff., 143 ff., 288 ff.).†

Ἰτουραία , see Ἰτουραῖος .


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For Ituraeans in Mount Lebanon about A.D. 6 see Ephemeris Epigraphica, 1881, p. 537 ff.

 


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Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
Ιτουραιας Ἰτουραίας Itouraias Itouraías
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