Perea

Puh-ree´uh; from Gk., “beyond”

Area east of the Jordan River, i.e., “beyond the Jordan” (Isa 9:1). The name occurs nowhere in the Bible except once in a few manuscripts of (Luke 6:17), but the biblical expressions “beyond the Jordan” and “across the Jordan” appear to be the equivalent of “Perea” in (Matt 4:15, Matt 4:25); Matt 19:1; Mark 3:8; Mark 10:1; John 1:28; John 3:26; and John 10:40).