region of Samaria

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The region of Samaria is a historic and geographically central area of the ancient Land of Israel, situated between Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region
geographical region
historical region
borders Galilee
Judea
capital Samaria (ancient city)
linked to: City of Samaria
conqueredBy Babylonian Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Roman Empire
contains Ephraim hill country
linked to: הר אפרים

Mount Ebal
Mount Gerizim
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
country State of Israel
linked to: Israel
hasAlternativeName Central Highlands of Israel
linked to: Samaria highlands

Shomron
historicalPeople Israelites
Samaritans
historicalTribeTerritory Tribe of Ephraim
linked to: tribe of Ephraim

Tribe of Manasseh
languageHistoricallySpoken Aramaic
Hebrew
locatedBetween Judea and Galilee
locatedIn Levant
linked to: Levant region

Middle East
ancient Land of Israel
locatedNorthOf Jerusalem
locatedSouthOf Lower Galilee
locatedWestOf Jordan River
majorCity Jenin
Nablus
Sebastia
linked to: Sebaste

Shechem
Tulkarm
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

New Testament
modernLanguagesSpoken Arabic
Hebrew
partOf West Bank
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity
Judaism
Samaritanism
terrainType hill country
timePeriodInUse Byzantine period
Classical antiquity
Iron Age
Roman period
Second Temple period
wasCapitalRegionOf Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

שכם locatedIn region of Samaria
subject linked to: שְׁכֶם
Σαμάρεια modernEquivalent περιοχή γνωστή ως Samaria στη Δυτική Όχθη
linked to: region of Samaria
Nahal Iron locatedOn western slopes of Samaria
subject linked to: Nahal Iron (Wadi Ara)
linked to: region of Samaria