King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5139
Transliteration: Trachōnitis
Phonetic Spelling: (trakh-o-nee'-tis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Trachonitis, a rough region South of Damascus
Meaning: Trachonitis -- a rough region South of Damascus
Τραχωνῖτις, Τραχωνίτιδος, ἡ, Trachonitis, a rough ((Greek τραχύς)) region, tenanted by robbers, situated between Antilibanus (on the west) and the mountains of Batanaea (on the east), and bounded on the N. by the territory of Damascus: Luke 3:1 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 9, 3 and often). (See Porter in BB. DD.)
Word Summary
Trachōnitis: Trachonitis, a rough region South of Damascus
Original Word: ΤραχωνῖτιςTransliteration: Trachōnitis
Phonetic Spelling: (trakh-o-nee'-tis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Trachonitis, a rough region South of Damascus
Meaning: Trachonitis -- a rough region South of Damascus
Strong's Concordance
Trachonitis. From a derivative of trachus; rough district; Trachonitis, a region of Syria -- Trachonitis.
see GREEK trachus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5139: ΤραχωνῖτιςΤραχωνῖτις, Τραχωνίτιδος, ἡ, Trachonitis, a rough ((Greek τραχύς)) region, tenanted by robbers, situated between Antilibanus (on the west) and the mountains of Batanaea (on the east), and bounded on the N. by the territory of Damascus: Luke 3:1 (Josephus, Antiquities 16, 9, 3 and often). (See Porter in BB. DD.)