Jordan River

¹ Cultural  

1. A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea. John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan.

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Jordan River ² Cultural  

1. River in northern Israel, flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea.

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In the Bible (see also Bible), the Jordan was the scene of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

Example Sentences

It’s created a fraught relationship with Jordan’s long-standing families and tribes hailing from the east bank of the Jordan River.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Far to the south of Çatalhöyük, in the Jordan River valley east of Jerusalem, was an even older Neolithic city, Jericho.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Topol’s charity, Jordan River Village, announced the death Thursday but did not provide further details.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023

After decades of fighting over the meager trickles of the Jordan River and the oversubscription of a pipeline from the Sea of Galilee, Israel went back to the drawing board on its irrigated crops.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2022

They showed camels, steep cliffs, the skinny Jordan River, donkeys, and Bedouins in tents.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye