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The Bible frequently mentions various regions, each with its own historical, cultural, and theological importance.<br><br><b>Old Testament Regions</b><br><br>1. <b>Canaan</b>: Often referred to as the Promised Land, Canaan is the region God promised to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). It encompasses modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan and Syria. The conquest of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua is a pivotal event in the Old Testament (<a href="/joshua/1-2.htm">Joshua 1:2-6</a>).<br><br>2. <b>Egypt</b>: A significant region in the Bible, Egypt is both a place of refuge and bondage for the Israelites. It is where Joseph rose to power (<a href="/genesis/41-41.htm">Genesis 41:41-43</a>) and where the Israelites were enslaved before the Exodus (<a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11-14</a>).<br><br>3. <b>Babylonia</b>: Known for its role in the Babylonian Exile, Babylonia was a powerful empire that conquered Judah and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. The region is central to the narratives of Daniel and Ezekiel, who lived during the exile (<a href="/daniel/1.htm">Daniel 1:1-6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1-3</a>).<br><br>4. <b>Assyria</b>: Another dominant empire, Assyria conquered the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC. The prophets Isaiah and Jonah both reference Assyria, highlighting its role in God's judgment and mercy (<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a>; <a href="/jonah/1.htm">Jonah 1:1-2</a>).<br><br><b>New Testament Regions</b><br><br>1. <b>Galilee</b>: A region in northern Israel, Galilee is where Jesus spent much of His ministry. It is the setting for many of His miracles and teachings (<a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Matthew 4:23-25</a>). Nazareth, Jesus' hometown, is located in Galilee (<a href="/luke/1-26.htm">Luke 1:26</a>).<br><br>2. <b>Judea</b>: The southern region of ancient Israel, Judea includes Jerusalem, the spiritual and political center of Jewish life. It is where Jesus was crucified and resurrected (<a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Matthew 27:33-35</a>; <a href="/john/20.htm">John 20:1-18</a>).<br><br>3. <b>Samaria</b>: Situated between Galilee and Judea, Samaria was home to the Samaritans, a group often at odds with the Jews. Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well highlights His message of reconciliation and inclusion (<a href="/john/4-4.htm">John 4:4-26</a>).<br><br>4. <b>Asia Minor</b>: Modern-day Turkey, Asia Minor was a key region for the early Christian church. The Apostle Paul traveled extensively through this area, establishing churches and spreading the Gospel (<a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6-10</a>).<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Regions in the Bible are not merely geographical markers; they often symbolize spiritual truths and divine promises. For instance, the journey from Egypt to Canaan represents the transition from bondage to freedom, a theme echoed in the New Testament's portrayal of salvation through Christ. Similarly, the exile in Babylon serves as a metaphor for spiritual estrangement and the hope of restoration.<br><br>The diversity of regions mentioned in the Bible underscores the universality of God's message. From the deserts of Sinai to the cities of Asia Minor, the biblical narrative traverses a wide array of landscapes, each contributing to the unfolding account of God's redemptive plan for humanity.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) The upper air; the sky; the heavens.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) The inhabitants of a district.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) Place; rank; station.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">REGION</span><p>re'-jun: A "district," as in modern English. The word "region" is used by English Versions of the Bible interchangeably with "country," "coasts," etc., for various Hebrew and Greek terms, but "region round about" is usually in the King James Version and invariably in the Revised Version (British and American) the translation of perichoros, "surrounding country." For a possible technical use of "region" in <a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6</a> and the Revised Version (British and American) 18:23.<br><br>See <a href="../g/galatia.htm">GALATIA</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2824.htm"><span class="l">2824. klima -- a <b>region</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>region</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: klima Phonetic Spelling:<br> (klee&#39;-mah) Short Definition: a territory Definition: a small geographical <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2824.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3318.htm"><span class="l">3318. Mesopotamia -- Mesopotamia, a <b>region</b> through which the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Mesopotamia, a <b>region</b> through which the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow. Part of<br> Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Mesopotamia Phonetic Spelling: (mes-op <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3318.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3071.htm"><span class="l">3071. Lukaonia -- Lycaonia, a <b>region</b> in Asia Minor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Lycaonia, a <b>region</b> in Asia Minor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Lukaonia Phonetic Spelling: (loo-kah-on-ee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: Lycaonia <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3071.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3109.htm"><span class="l">3109. Makedonia -- Macedonia, a <b>region</b> of Greece</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Macedonia, a <b>region</b> of Greece. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Makedonia Phonetic Spelling: (mak-ed-on-ee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: Macedonia <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3109.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3099.htm"><span class="l">3099. Madiam -- Midian, a <b>region</b> of Arabia</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Midian, a <b>region</b> of Arabia. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:<br> Madiam Phonetic Spelling: (mad-ee-on&#39;) Short Definition: Midian Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3099.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5435.htm"><span class="l">5435. Phrugia -- Phrygia, a <b>region</b> of Asia Minor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Phrygia, a <b>region</b> of Asia Minor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Phrugia Phonetic Spelling: (froog-ee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: Phrygia Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5435.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1424.htm"><span class="l">1424. dusme -- a setting (as of the sun), by impl. (the) western <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> (the) western (<b>region</b>). Part of <b>...</b> Word Origin from duno Definition a setting (as of<br> the sun), by impl. (the) western (<b>region</b>) NASB Word Usage west (5). west. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1424.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2401.htm"><span class="l">2401. Idoumaia -- Idumea, a <b>region</b> South of Judea</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Idumea, a <b>region</b> South of Judea. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Idoumaia Phonetic Spelling: (id-oo-mah&#39;-yah) Short Definition: Idumea, Edom <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2401.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2482.htm"><span class="l">2482. Italia -- Italy, a <b>region</b> of western Europe</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Italy, a <b>region</b> of western Europe. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> Italia Phonetic Spelling: (ee-tal-ee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: Italy Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2482.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3033.htm"><span class="l">3033. Libue -- &quot;the west bank of the Nile,&quot; Libya, a <b>region</b> in N. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3032, 3033. Libue. 3034 . &quot;the west bank of the Nile,&quot; Libya, a <b>region</b> in N <b>...</b><br> Libya. Probably from lips; Libye, a <b>region</b> of Africa -- Libya. see GREEK lips. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3033.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3572.htm"><span class="l">3572. Kushan -- a <b>region</b> of Arabia</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3571, 3572. Kushan. 3573 . a <b>region</b> of Arabia. Transliteration: Kushan Phonetic<br> Spelling: (koo-shawn&#39;) Short Definition: Cushan. <b>...</b> Cushan, a <b>region</b> of Arabia. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3572.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7793.htm"><span class="l">7793. Shur -- a desert <b>region</b> Southwest of Pal. on E. border of <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7792, 7793. Shur. 7794 . a desert <b>region</b> Southwest of Pal. <b>...</b> Word Origin from<br> the same as shor Definition a desert <b>region</b> SW of Pal. on E. border of Eg. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7793.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2024.htm"><span class="l">2024. Hara -- a <b>region</b> of N. Mesopotamia</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2023, 2024. Hara. 2025 . a <b>region</b> of N. Mesopotamia. Transliteration:<br> Hara Phonetic Spelling: (haw-raw&#39;) Short Definition: Hara. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2024.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/211.htm"><span class="l">211. Ophir -- a son of Joktan, also his desc., also a <b>region</b> from <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Ophir. 212 . a son of Joktan, also his desc., also a <b>region</b> from which gold comes.<br> Transliteration: Ophir Phonetic Spelling: (o-feer&#39;) Short Definition: Ophir <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/211.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5675.htm"><span class="l">5675. abar -- <b>region</b> across or beyond</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5674b, 5675. abar. 5676 . <b>region</b> across or beyond. Transliteration: abar<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ar&#39;) Short Definition: beyond. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5675.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/775.htm"><span class="l">775. Arpakshad -- third son of Shem, also the <b>region</b> settled by <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Arpakshad. 776 . third son of Shem, also the <b>region</b> settled by him. Transliteration:<br> Arpakshad Phonetic Spelling: (ar-pak-shad&#39;) Short Definition: Arpachshad. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/775.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/210.htm"><span class="l">210. Uphaz -- a <b>region</b> where gold is found</span></a><br><b>...</b> 209, 210. Uphaz. 211 . a <b>region</b> where gold is found. Transliteration:<br> Uphaz Phonetic Spelling: (oo-fawz&#39;) Short Definition: Uphaz. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/210.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1316.htm"><span class="l">1316. Bashan -- &quot;smooth,&quot; a <b>region</b> East of the Jordan</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1315, 1316. Bashan. 1317 . &quot;smooth,&quot; a <b>region</b> East of the Jordan. Transliteration:<br> Bashan Phonetic Spelling: (baw-shawn&#39;) Short Definition: Bashan. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1316.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm"><span class="l">1568. Gilad -- a <b>region</b> in Palestine, also the name of several <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Gilad. 1569 . a <b>region</b> in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites.<br> Transliteration: Gilad Phonetic Spelling: (ghil-awd&#39;) Short Definition: Gilead. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1568.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8485.htm"><span class="l">8485. Tema -- a son of Ishmael, also his desc. and the <b>region</b> <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Tema. 8486 . a son of Ishmael, also his desc. and the <b>region</b> settled by them.<br> Transliteration: Tema Phonetic Spelling: (tay-maw&#39;) Short Definition: Tema. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8485.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_22_name_form_of.htm"><span class="l">The Form of the <b>Region</b> of Light the Worse of the Two.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Against the Epistle of Manich??us Called Fundamental. Chapter 22. "The Form<br> of the <b>Region</b> of Light the Worse of the Two. Well, then <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 22 name form of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_21_name_region_of.htm"><span class="l">This <b>Region</b> of Light must be Material if it is Joined to the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> This <b>Region</b> of Light Must Be Material If It is Joined to the <b>Region</b> of Darkness.<br> The Shape of the <b>Region</b> of Darkness Joined to the <b>Region</b> of Light. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 21 name region of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/discourse_to_the_greeks_concerning_hades/section_2_in_this_region.htm"><span class="l">In this <b>Region</b> There is a Certain Place Set Apart...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 2. In this <b>region</b> there is a certain place set apart? 2. In this<br> <b>region</b> there is a certain place set apart, as a lake <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/discourse to the greeks concerning hades/section 2 in this region.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_27_name_beauty_of.htm"><span class="l">The Beauty of the Straight Line Might be Taken from the <b>Region</b> of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 27. "The Beauty of the Straight Line Might Be Taken from the <b>Region</b><br> of Darkness Without Taking Anything from Its Substance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 27 name beauty of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_28_name_places_five.htm"><span class="l">Manich??us Places Five Natures in the <b>Region</b> of Darkness.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 28. "Manich??us Places Five Natures in the <b>Region</b> of Darkness. 31. <b>...</b> Then, again,<br> a fiery <b>region</b> of destruction, with its chiefs and peoples. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 28 name places five.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_30_name_number_of.htm"><span class="l">The Number of Good Things in those Natures which Manich??us Places <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Fundamental. Chapter 30. "The Number of Good Things in Those Natures Which<br> Manich??us Places in the <b>Region</b> of Darkness. 33. &quot;But <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 30 name number of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/discourse_to_the_greeks_concerning_hades/section_3_for_there_is.htm"><span class="l">For There is one Descent into this <b>Region</b>...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 3. For there is one descent into this <b>region</b>? 3. For there is one<br> descent into this <b>region</b>, at whose gate we believe there <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/discourse to the greeks concerning hades/section 3 for there is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_john/24_john_the_baptist_was.htm"><span class="l">John the Baptist was Sent. From Where? his Soul was Sent from a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. 24. John the Baptist Was Sent. From Where? His Soul Was Sent from<br> a Higher <b>Region</b>. &quot;There was a man sent from God, whose <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/24 john the baptist was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/of_the_manner_in_which_the_persecutors_died/chap_xli_but_the_empress.htm"><span class="l">But the Empress, an Exile in Some Desert <b>Region</b> of Syria...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chap. XLI. But the empress, an exile in some desert <b>region</b> of Syria? But the<br> empress, an exile in some desert <b>region</b> of Syria, secretly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xli but the empress.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_15_name_doctrine_of.htm"><span class="l">The Doctrine of Manich??us not Only Uncertain, but False. His <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Uncertain, But False. His Absurd Fancy of a Land and Race of Darkness Bordering<br> on the Holy <b>Region</b> and the Substance of God. 19. What if <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 15 name doctrine of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/region.htm"><span class="l"><b>Region</b> (96 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) The inhabitants of a district. 5. (n.) Place; rank; station. Int. Standard<br> Bible Encyclopedia. <b>REGION</b>. re'-jun: A &quot;district,&quot; as in modern English. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/region.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/south.htm"><span class="l">South (170 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 20:46 (21:1 in Hebrews) three different Hebrew words are all rendered &quot;south.&quot;<br> (1) &quot;Set thy face toward the south&quot; (Teman, the <b>region</b> on the right, 1 Samuel 33 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/south.htm - 46k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lycaonia.htm"><span class="l">Lycaonia (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Syriac words. Paul preached in this <b>region</b>, and revisited it (Acts 16:1-6;<br> 18:23; 19:1). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LYCAONIA. lik <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lycaonia.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/goshen.htm"><span class="l">Goshen (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GOSHEN (1). go'-shen (goshen; Gesem): 1.<br> Meaning of Name: The <b>region</b> where the Hebrews dwelt in Egypt. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/goshen.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/district.htm"><span class="l">District (59 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> district, school district, etc. 4. (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined<br> extent; a <b>region</b>; a country; a tract. 5. (vt) To divide <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/district.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/country.htm"><span class="l">Country</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (adv.) A tract of land; a <b>region</b>; the territory of an independent nation; (as<br> distinguished from any other <b>region</b>, and with a personal pronoun) the <b>region</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/country.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/argob.htm"><span class="l">Argob (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Stony heap, an &quot;island,&quot; as it has been called, of rock about 30 miles by 20, rising<br> 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan; a <b>region</b> of crags and chasms <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/argob.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm"><span class="l">Wilderness (304 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Hebrews midhbar, denoting not a barren desert but<br> a district or <b>region</b> suitable for pasturing sheep and cattle (Psalm 65:12 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wilderness.htm - 43k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/ciccar.htm"><span class="l">Ciccar</span></a><br><b>...</b> Sodom is preserved in Jebel Usdum-Usdum having the same consonants with Sodom; moreover,<br> the name is known to have referred to a place in that <b>region</b> as early <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/ciccar.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/throughout.htm"><span class="l">Throughout (291 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> her.&quot; (See NIV). Mark 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout<br> all the <b>region</b> round about Galilee. (KJV WBS RSV). Mark 1 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/throughout.htm - 37k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Israel-Palestine.html">What is the difference between Israel and Palestine? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Negev-in-the-Bible.html">What is the significance of the Negev in the Bible? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Samaria-in-the-Bible.html">What is the importance of Samaria in the Bible? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/region.htm">Region: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Region (96 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Matthew 2:12</a></span><br />and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own <span class="boldtext">region</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a></span><br />Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/2-22.htm">Matthew 2:22</a></span><br />But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Galilee,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm">Matthew 3:5</a></span><br />Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> around the Jordan went out to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm">Matthew 4:13</a></span><br />Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Zebulun and Naphtali,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Matthew 4:16</a></span><br />the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the <span class="boldtext">region</span> and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-25.htm">Matthew 4:25</a></span><br />Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-28.htm">Matthew 8:28</a></span><br />And he having come to the other side, to the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-34.htm">Matthew 8:34</a></span><br />Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-26.htm">Matthew 9:26</a></span><br />The report of this went out into all that land. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-31.htm">Matthew 9:31</a></span><br />But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/14-35.htm">Matthew 14:35</a></span><br />When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding <span class="boldtext">region</span>, and brought to him all who were sick,<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21</a></span><br />Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Tyre and Sidon.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Matthew 15:22</a></span><br />Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-39.htm">Matthew 15:39</a></span><br />Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-1.htm">Matthew 19:1</a></span><br />It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-4.htm">Mark 1:4</a></span><br />John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-5.htm">Mark 1:5</a></span><br />and there were going forth to him all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-28.htm">Mark 1:28</a></span><br />The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Galilee and its surrounding area. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-1.htm">Mark 5:1</a></span><br />And they came to the other side of the sea, to the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of the Gadarenes,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-10.htm">Mark 5:10</a></span><br />and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the <span class="boldtext">region</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-17.htm">Mark 5:17</a></span><br />They began to beg him to depart from their <span class="boldtext">region</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-55.htm">Mark 6:55</a></span><br />and ran around that whole <span class="boldtext">region</span>, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm">Mark 7:24</a></span><br />From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-31.htm">Mark 7:31</a></span><br />Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Decapolis.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-10.htm">Mark 8:10</a></span><br />Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Dalmanutha.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-1.htm">Mark 10:1</a></span><br />He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/2-8.htm">Luke 2:8</a></span><br />And there were shepherds in the same <span class="boldtext">region</span>, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/3-1.htm">Luke 3:1</a></span><br />Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/3-3.htm">Luke 3:3</a></span><br />He came into all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-14.htm">Luke 4:14</a></span><br />And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> round about. <br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26</a></span><br />Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-37.htm">Luke 4:37</a></span><br />News about him went out into every place of the surrounding <span class="boldtext">region</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-17.htm">Luke 6:17</a></span><br />He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-17.htm">Luke 7:17</a></span><br />This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding <span class="boldtext">region</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-26.htm">Luke 8:26</a></span><br />And they sailed down to the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-37.htm">Luke 8:37</a></span><br />And the whole multitude of the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-54.htm">John 11:54</a></span><br />Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the <span class="boldtext">region</span> nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a></span><br />Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-49.htm">Acts 13:49</a></span><br />The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the <span class="boldtext">region</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a></span><br />But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/14-6.htm">Acts 14:6</a></span><br />they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding <span class="boldtext">region</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6</a></span><br />When they had gone through the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm">Acts 18:23</a></span><br />Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-1.htm">Acts 19:1</a></span><br />And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper <span class="boldtext">region</span>, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-20.htm">Acts 26:20</a></span><br />but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.<br /><span class="source">(DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1</a></span><br />Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a></span><br />He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28</a></span><br />He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/46-34.htm">Genesis 46:34</a></span><br />that you shall say,'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Genesis 47:13</a></span><br />There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Genesis 47:27</a></span><br />Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/21-20.htm">Numbers 21:20</a></span><br />and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Deuteronomy 2:18</a></span><br />"You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4</a></span><br />We took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we didn't take from them; sixty cities, all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Deuteronomy 3:13</a></span><br />and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a></span><br />Jair the son of Manasseh took all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-3.htm">Deuteronomy 34:3</a></span><br />and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/7-2.htm">Joshua 7:2</a></span><br />Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Joshua 10:40</a></span><br />So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/10-41.htm">Joshua 10:41</a></span><br />Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3</a></span><br />to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">Joshua 11:16</a></span><br />So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/12-23.htm">Joshua 12:23</a></span><br />the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/13-4.htm">Joshua 13:4</a></span><br />on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/13-11.htm">Joshua 13:11</a></span><br />and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a></span><br />Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/16-3.htm">Joshua 16:3</a></span><br />and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer; and ended at the sea.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/17-12.htm">Joshua 17:12</a></span><br />Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a></span><br />The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Achzib;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">Joshua 22:10</a></span><br />When they came to the <span class="boldtext">region</span> about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">Joshua 22:11</a></span><br />The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the <span class="boldtext">region</span> about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a></span><br />If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Judges 5:4</a></span><br />"LORD, when thou didst go forth from Se'ir, when thou didst march from the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.<br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Judges 20:6</a></span><br />I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/20-14.htm">2 Samuel 20:14</a></span><br />He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/24-6.htm">2 Samuel 24:6</a></span><br />then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-11.htm">1 Kings 4:11</a></span><br />The son of Abinadab, in all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</a></span><br />The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm">1 Kings 4:24</a></span><br />For he had dominion over all the <span class="boldtext">region</span> on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">2 Kings 4:38</a></span><br />Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/10-33.htm">2 Kings 10:33</a></span><br />from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-10.htm">1 Chronicles 5:10</a></span><br />In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-4.htm">2 Chronicles 32:4</a></span><br />So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/4-10.htm">Ezra 4:10</a></span><br />and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/4-11.htm">Ezra 4:11</a></span><br />This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-22.htm">Nehemiah 3:22</a></span><br />After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-28.htm">Nehemiah 12:28</a></span><br />The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-29.htm">Nehemiah 12:29</a></span><br />also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/78-12.htm">Psalms 78:12</a></span><br />He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/78-43.htm">Psalms 78:43</a></span><br />how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">Psalms 107:4</a></span><br />They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:16</a></span><br />For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool! the <span class="boldtext">region</span> of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/49-12.htm">Isaiah 49:12</a></span><br />See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/47-8.htm">Ezekiel 47:8</a></span><br />Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern <span class="boldtext">region</span>, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/region.htm">Region</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div 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