Places in the Bible · Region

Trachonitis

Trachonitis is a region mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Lajat. The name means “stony.”

panorama of stones in Lajat
panorama of stones in Lajat · Photo: Anas Qtiesh (CC-BY-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Trachonitis?

Approx. 32.9695, 36.4554 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
LajatregionHigh

Trachonitis in the Bible dictionary

A rugged region, corresponds to the Heb. Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jordan (Luke 3:1); one of the five Roman provinces into which that district was divided. It was in the tetrarchy of Philip, and is now called the Lejah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Trachonitis

  • Luke 3:1

    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,