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Trachonitis

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(stony). One of the Roman provinces into which the country north of the Jordan was divided, and generally associated with Argob, south of Damascus (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 district forming part of the tetrarchy of Philip (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)). It was beyond the Jordan on the north-east, its center being about 32° 50' N, 36° 30' E. The district is now called el Lejah.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

5139 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Τραχωνῖτις

Transliteration:

Trachonitis

Phonic:

trakh-o-nee’-tis

Meaning:

from a derivative of 5138; rough district; Trachonitis, a region of Syria

KJV Usage:

Trachonitis

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

rugged, rocky region

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Rough, stony place; cruel:―a region of Syria [ARGON, Luke 3:1. {Locus asper et lapidosus}