perea

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/pəˈɹiːə/

Definition of perea

3 senses · 2 parts of speech

name

  1. (historical)A portion of biblical king Herod's kingdom, on the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
    “At the death of Herod the Great (4 b.c.), his sons — Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Herod Philip — were given jurisdiction over his divided kingdom. Herod Antipas became the tetrarch of Galilee and Perea […].”
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name

  1. (historical)A portion of biblical king Herod's kingdom, on the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
    “At the death of Herod the Great (4 b.c.), his sons — Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Herod Philip — were given jurisdiction over his divided kingdom. Herod Antipas became the tetrarch of Galilee and Perea […].”
  2. A surname from Spanish.

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of pereon

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