judea

2 definitions found

judea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Judea
      n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the
           kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
           [syn: Judea, Judaea]

judea - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Judea
  After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the
  country west of the Jordan (Hag. 1:1, 14; 2:2). But under the
  Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of
  the three divisions of Palestine (Matt. 2:1, 5; 3:1; 4:25),
  although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally
  (Acts 28:21).
  
    The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and
  Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah,
  Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it
  was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a
  procurator.