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In the Hebrew Bible, the term used to refer to the future Transjordan is Hebrew: עבר הירדן (Ever HaYarden), "beyond the Jordan". This term occurs, for example, in the Book of Joshua . It was used by people on the west side of the Jordan, including the biblical writers, to refer to the other side of the Jordan River.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 14: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15: The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The World English Bible translates the passage as: 14: that it might be fulfilled which was
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Gilead is explained in the Hebrew Bible as derived from the Hebrew words גלעד gal‛êd, which in turn comes from gal ('heap, mound, hill') and ‛êd ('witness, testimony'). [5] If that is the case, Gilead means 'heap [of stones] of testimony'. There is also an alternative theory that it means 'rocky region'. [6]
Jordan is a given name and a surname.. The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ירדן Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. [1] According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan, [2] and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of ...
Jesus re-enters the narrative for the first time since Matthew 2:23.In that verse he moves to Nazareth in Galilee.In this verse he returns from that region to Judea.From Nazareth to the Al-Maghtas, the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist, is about 30 miles using modern Highway 71.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort this verse is: Ταῦτα ἐν Βηθαβαρᾶ ἐγένετο πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦν Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Zoar, meaning "small" or "insignificance" in Hebrew (a "little one" as Lot called it), was a city east of Jordan in the vale of Siddim, near the Dead Sea. Along with Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, Zoar was one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; but Zoar was spared at Lot's plea as his place of refuge (Genesis 19:20–23).