Ἰτουραΐα

ItouraiaIturaea

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This is the name of the place Jetur: A descendant of Ishmael and a region in Syria.

Definition

Ἰτουραῖος, -αία, -αῖον

[in LXX: 1 Chronicles 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), Luke 3:1 (cf. Exp. (1894), ix, 51 ff., 143 ff., 288 ff.).

Glossary entries

Ituraea, Iturea, Itureans Jetur, Jeturites

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Occurrences

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Luke 3:1Ἰτουραίας · of Ituraea
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,