PEREA. This Word comes from the Greek, Peran, beyond, and signifies the Country beyond Jordan, or on the East Side of this River. Josephus says1, that Perea had its Limits westwardly at Philadelphia, Jordan to the East, Macberon to the South, and Pella to the North. Sometimes the Word Perea is taken in a more extensive Signification, for the whole Country beyond Jordan. This Country to the East was also enclosed by Mountains, which divided it Matth. v. 48.from Arabia deserta.
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De Bello, l. iii. c. 2. ↩