Bible Location
Meaning: stony · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Trachonitis was the rugged north-eastern district ruled alongside Ituraea in Luke's dating of John the Baptist's ministry. It is important because it helps anchor the Gospel chronology in a real frontier map east of Galilee. First appears in Luke 3:1.1
Place meaning
stony
Coordinates
32.83, 36.50
First appears
Luke 3:1
AI summary: Trachonitis matters because Luke locates the coming of God's word amid actual tetrarchies and rough border regions, not in an abstract world. The district belongs to the political geography of the Gospel opening.1
Place meaning
stony
Latitude
32.83
Longitude
36.50
Bible references
1
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Luke |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.