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Ituraea

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

From Jetur

(Gen. 25:15¹⁵Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: (Genesis 25:15); 1 Chron. 1:31³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. (1 Chronicles 1:31)). A small province N. W. of Palestine, now Jedur (Luke 3:1¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, (Luke 3:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A province on the east of the upper Jordan of which Herod Philip was made tetrarch (Luke 3:1¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, (Luke 3:1)). Its boundaries cannot be well defined, but it reached toward Damascus and embraced the southern slopes of Anti-Lebanon. Its name is derived from JETUR, son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15¹⁵Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: (Genesis 25:15)). See map under GALILEE.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

2484 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Ἰτουραΐα

Transliteration:

Itouraia

Phonic:

ee-too-rah’-yah

Meaning:

of Hebrew origin (3195); Ituraea (i.e. Jetur), a region of Palestine

KJV Usage:

Ituraea

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

past the limits: or possibly same as Jetur

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

To keep; guarded; encircled:―a region in N. W. of Palestine, Luke 3:1. {Custodire; custoditus}