Judaea, Judea

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(from Judah). Vaguely, Joshua’s conquest (Matt. 19:1; Mark 10:1), or Canaanite land. Limitedly, the part occupied by returned captives; the “Jewry” (Dan. 5:13); the “province” (Ezra 5:8; Neh. 11:3). A Roman province jointly with Syria, with a procurator, after A. D. 6.