Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Trachonitis?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Lajat.

First appears in Luke 3:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

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. Modern identification: Lajat.

Trachonitis is represented in the local geography layer as Lajat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Luke 3:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 62 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 107 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 112 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 141 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Trachonitis today

Travel to Trachonitis, the modern-day Lajat.

Trachonitis is commonly identified with Lajat, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Trachonitis is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Lajat

32.969°N · 36.455°E

Key passages

Appears in

Luke

1 chapter · 1 verse mention