Peræa

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historical region region of ancient Palestine

Peræa is a historical region of ancient Palestine located east of the Jordan River, associated with the territories governed by Herod the Great and his successors.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Peræa canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region of ancient Palestine ⓘ
administrativeStatus district under Herodian rule ⓘ
associatedWith Herodian dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Jesus’ Galilean ministry ⓘ
surface form: ministry of Jesus of Nazareth

ministry of John the Baptist ⓘ
borderedBy Decapolis ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Nabataean kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Nabataea
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
governedBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ
hasTerrain fertile agricultural areas ⓘ
hilly landscape ⓘ
hasType frontier region ⓘ
rural territory ⓘ
historicalEra Early Roman era ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Late Hellenistic era
knownFor Jewish population in Second Temple period ⓘ
strategic position east of the Jordan ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn historic Palestine ⓘ
surface form: ancient Palestine
meaning the country beyond (the Jordan) ⓘ
mentionedIn New Testament ⓘ
Works of Flavius Josephus ⓘ
surface form: writings of Flavius Josephus
modernLocation Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Israel

Jordan ⓘ
nameVariant Peraea ⓘ
Perea ⓘ
partOf tetrarchy of Herod Antipas ⓘ
surface form: Herod Antipas tetrarchy

Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
relatedTo Decapolis cities ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
religiousSignificance part of the biblical Holy Land ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
underRomanAuthority Roman Empire ⓘ
underRuleOf Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
Herod Antipas ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perea → hasAlternativeName → Peræa ⓘ
Peraea → hasAlternateName → Peræa ⓘ