Dictionaries :: Judea

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Judea:

After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag 1:1,14; 2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine (Mat 2:1,5; 3:1; 4:25), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally (Act 28:21).

The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Judea:

joo-de'-a: In Ezr 5:8 for "Judah"; thus the Revised Version (British and American). In the New Testament the form is JUDAEA (which see).

Nave's Topical Bible

Judea: 1. Called also Judah and Judaea

The southern division of Palestine. It extended from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Shiloh on the north to the wilderness on the south,

Mat 4:25; Luk 5:17; Jhn 4:47, 54.

The term applies to all of Palestine in

Luk 1:5.

It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River in

Mat 19:1; Mar 10:1; Luk 23:5.

Judea: 2. Wilderness Of

Called Beth-arabah,

Jos 15:6, 61.

Assigned to Benjamin,

Jos 18:22.

John the Baptist preaches in,

Mat 3:1; Luk 3:3.