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COELE-SYRIA

(Gk. Koílē Syría)

A Hellenistic term for “all the lands of Syria.” The older view is that “Coele-Syria” means “hollow Syria,” but other scholars contend that the word “coele” is a Greek adaptation of Sem. kōl, “all.” The term was used at the time of Alexander to refer to a large administrative unit, but continued through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, referring to variously defined borders that could include lands in present-day Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, depending on the source. The term was also used to designate Transjordanian territories in the NT period (cf. Josephus Ant. 12.13.3; 2 Macc. 3:5, 8; 1 Esdr. 2:17, 24).

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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