Peraea

American  

[puh-ree-uh] / pəˈri ə /

noun

1. a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.

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Peraea British  

/ pəˈriːə /

noun

1. a region of ancient Palestine, east of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

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Example Sentences

The Judaizing process began first with the country districts immediately surrounding Jerusalem, and then extended to Galilee and many portions of Peraea.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Galilee and Peraea were given to another son, Antipas; and a region more to the north to a third, Philip.

From The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion by Stalker, James

But, Martha, my sister, would that the servant, Eli, had wings and were flying toward Peraea.

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie

We learn from the early historians of the Church that the Jewish Christians took warning from this statement to flee from Judaea to Peraea before the Romans invested the holy city in A.D.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

Placidus then reduced the whole of Peraea, and the coast of the Dead Sea, as far as Machaerus.

From For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)