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Perea or Peraea ( Greek: Περαία, " the country beyond"), was the portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend too far to the east. Herod the Great's kingdom was bequeathed to four heirs, of which Herod Antipas received both Perea and Galilee. He dedicated the city Livias in the north of the Dead Sea. In 39 CE, Perea and Galilee were transferred from disfavoured Antipas to Agrippa I by Caligula. With his death in 44 CE, Agrippa's merged territory was made province again, including Judaea and for the first time, Perea. From that time Perea was part of the shifting Roman provinces to its west: Judaea, and later Syria Palaestina, Palaestina and Palaestina Prima. Attested mostly in Josephus' books, the term was in rarer use in the late Roman period. It appears in Eusebius' Greek language geographical work, Onomasticon, but in the Latin translation by Jerome, Transjordan is used.
Gadara of Perea (identified as Tell Jadur near Al-Salt ) was the chief city or metropolis of Perea (not to be confused with Gadara of the Decapolis−a Hellenistic city). Following the Roman conquest of Judea led by Pompey in 63 BCE, Aulus Gabinius, proconsul of Syria, split the former Hasmonean Kingdom into five districts of legal and religious councils known as Sanhedrin and based at Jerusalem, Jericho, Sepphoris ( Galilee), Amathus (Perea) and Gadara (Perea— Al-Salt or Decapolis— Umm Qais).
Perea is a Spanish language locational surname, which originally meant a person from one of the various places called Perea in Spain. The name may refer to:
- Alberto Perea (born 1990), Spanish footballer
- Brayan Perea (born 1993), Colombian footballer
- Édgar Perea (born 1940), Colombian politician
- Edixon Perea (born 1984), Colombian footballer
- Emmanuel Perea (born 1985), Argentine footballer
- Enrique Perea Quintanilla (1956–2006), Mexican journalist
- Esteban de Perea (died 1639), Spanish missionary
- Fran Perea (born 1978), Spanish actor and singer
- Francisco Perea (1830–1913), American politician
- Henry Perea (born 1977), American politician
- Ítalo Perea (born 1993), Ecuadorian boxer
- José Emilio Perea (born 1983), Mexican boxer
- Jose Luis León Perea (born 1947), Mexican politician
- Luis Alberto Perea (born 1986), Colombian footballer
- Luis Amaranto Perea (born 1979), Colombian footballer
- Luis Carlos Perea (born 1963), Colombian footballer
- Nicolás Perea (born 1992), Colombian footballer
- Nixon Perea (born 1973), Colombian footballer
- Patricia Díaz Perea (born 1984), Spanish athlete
- Pedro Perea (1852–1906), American politician
- Robert L. Perea (born 1953), American writer
- Sebastián Pozas Perea (1876–1946), Spanish general
Usage examples of "perea".
Waterhouse, considering him to be comparatively safe here, and within the pale of Freetown influence, left him and went back with the expedition to Gbemma, and Pollock became very friendly with Perea, the only resident white trader at Sulyma-so friendly, indeed, that he went about with him everywhere.
Pollock and Perea played Nap-the only game they had in common-and Pollock got into debt.
Pollock, staring gloomily at the greasy cards that Perea was putting on the table.
In the evening, as Pollock and Perea were playing cards, the Mendi rough came in through the doorway, carrying something in a blood-soaked piece of native cloth.
He told Perea of the business as though it was a jest Pollock and the Porroh Man 21 -a jest to be told with white lips.
Overcoming his aversion to handling the thing, he went down to the river mouth and threw it into the sea-water, but by some miracle it escaped the crocodiles, and was cast up by the tide on the mud a little way up the river, to be found by an intelligent Arab half-breed, and offered for sale to Pollock and Perea as a curiosity, just on the edge of night.
Gabriel Perea and the Virgin while covering the latest fire at the Chevron refinery in El Paso.
But this Perea, he sought out those people and he convinced them not to do this.
Only all of a sudden, right on the factory floor, Gabriel Perea has a vision.
Pretty soon there are people clustering outside the factory and following Gabriel Perea home.
You stare at a photo sticking out from the pack, of Gabriel Perea head-on, preaching, in that twisted martial arts pose of his.
Right in the middle Perea stands at that crazy angle like a man with displaced hips.
Lopez left, to return several hours later with a dark-skinned, heavy browed companion, Pedro Perea, and the provisions Wells had ordered.
Accompanying them on two other horses were Pedro Perea and the bearded man who had spied on her when she was bathing, Bruz Ott.
They came from Perea, and from Judaea, and from other places too, to see the wonderful new Teacher.