Easton: Trachonitis

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Trachonitis) · external_aligned

A rugged region, corresponds to the Heb. Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jordan (Luke 3:1); one of the five Roman provinces into which that district was divided. It was in the tetrarchy of Philip, and is now called the Lejah.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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