Peraea

American  

[puh-ree-uh] / pəˈri ə /

noun

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

---

Peraea British  

/ pəˈriːə /

noun

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

---

Example Sentences

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

Also, St. Luke's account of our Lord's ministry in Peraea and elsewhere, contained in ix.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

The third day of the journey the party nooned by the river Jabbok, where there were a hundred or more men, mostly of Peraea, resting themselves and their beasts.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

It serves as a hint to point out in what the disgrace of Galilee and Peraea consisted.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Like his father, Antipas had a turn for architecture: he rebuilt and fortified the town of Sepphoris in Galilee; he also fortified Betharamptha in Peraea, and called it Julias after the wife of the emperor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various