(a rugged region), (Luke 3:1) is in all probability the Greek equivalent for the Aramaic Argob, one of the five Roman provinces into which the country northeast of the Jordan was divided in New Testament times. [Argob]
TRACHONI´TIS(Τραχωνῖτις, Luke, 3.1; J. AJ, B. J. 3.3; Plin. Nat. 5.18. s. 16; Τράχων, J. AJ), accord...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
stony ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
A rugged region, corresponds to the Heb. Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jor...
Easton's Bible Dictionary