Peræa

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Peræa is a historical region of ancient Palestine located east of the Jordan River, associated with the territories governed by Herod the Great and his successors.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Peræa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region of ancient Palestine ⓘ
administrativeStatus district under Herodian rule ⓘ
associatedWith Herodian dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent ministry of Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
ministry of John the Baptist ⓘ
borderedBy Decapolis ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Nabataea ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean kingdom
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
governedBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ
hasTerrain fertile agricultural areas ⓘ
hilly landscape ⓘ
hasType frontier region ⓘ
rural territory ⓘ
historicalEra Early Roman era ⓘ
Late Hellenistic era ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
knownFor Jewish population in Second Temple period ⓘ
strategic position east of the Jordan ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn ancient Palestine ⓘ
linked to: historic Palestine
meaning the country beyond (the Jordan) ⓘ
mentionedIn New Testament ⓘ
writings of Flavius Josephus ⓘ
modernLocation Israel ⓘ
linked to: Palestine

Jordan ⓘ
nameVariant Peraea ⓘ
Perea ⓘ
partOf Herod Antipas tetrarchy ⓘ
Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
relatedTo Decapolis cities ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
religiousSignificance part of the biblical Holy Land ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
underRomanAuthority Roman Empire ⓘ
underRuleOf Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
Herod Antipas ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perea → hasAlternativeName → Peræa ⓘ
Peraea → hasAlternateName → Peræa ⓘ