Coelesyria — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Literally, the term means “hollow Syria.” It was used somewhat loosely in referring to parts of the Jordan Valley. This designation is not found in the Bible but is mentioned a number of times in the Apocrypha, by itself in 1 Maccabees 10:69 and together with Phoenicia elsewhere (1 Esd 2:17, 24, 27; 4:48; 6:29: 7:1; 8:67; 2 Macc 3:5, 8 OET MA2 3:5 · OET MA2 3:8; 4:4; 8:8; 10:11). It was the name commonly given to the approximately 100-mile-long (161-kilometer) valley that stretches between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains after the time of Alexander the Great, but it is apparent from the use of the term by ancient writers that it did not always indicate the same territory.

Show passage in OET: MA1 10:69

OET-RV MA1 10:69

69 Demetrios appointed Apolonios, who was over Coele-Syria, and he gathered together a great army, and encamped against Yavneh, and sent to Yonatan the high priest, saying,

Combined passage: English MA1 10:69–70 (native MA1 10:69–70; verse text cannot be split).

OET-LV MA1 10:69

69 and to_appoint/conduct Daʸmaʸtrios Apollōnion the/this/who to_be upon/to/against ⟦κοίλης⟧ Surias, and to_assemble power great, and ⟦παρενέβαλεν⟧ in/on/among Yamneia;

OET-LV MA1 10:70

70 and to_send to/with Yōnathan the/this/who high-priest, to_speak, you ⟦μονώτατος⟧ ⟦ἐπαίρῃ⟧ upon/to/against I/we, I/we but/and to_be toward ⟦καταγέλωτα⟧ and reproach through/because_of you; and why?
you ⟦ἐξουσιάζῃ⟧ upon/to/against I/we in/on/among the/this/who mountain?

Show passage in OET: GES 4:48

OET-RV GES 4:48

48 He wrote letters also to all the governors who were in Coele-Syria and Foinikai, and to them in Levanon, that they should bring cedar wood from Levanon to Yerushalem, and that they should help him build the city.

OET-LV GES 4:48

48 and all the/this/who ⟦τοπάρχαις⟧ in/on/among a_ship’s_hold Suria, and Foinikaʸ, and the/this/who in/on/among the/this/who Libanō to_write epistle, ⟦μεταφέρειν⟧ wood ⟦κέδρινα⟧ away_from of_the Libanou toward Hierousalaʸm, and that ⟦οἰκοδομήσωσι⟧ with/after he/she/it/self/my/your/him-self/there the/this/who city.

Show passage in OET: GES 6:29

OET-RV GES 6:30

30 and also corn, salt, wine and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests who are in Yerushalem may direct to be daily spent,

OET-LV GES 6:30

Show passage in OET: GES 7:1

OET-RV GES 7:1

7 Then Tatenay the governor of Coele-Syria and Foinikai, and Shetar-Bozenay, with their companions, following King Dareyavesh’s (Darius’) commandments,

OET-LV GES 7:1

7 then Sisinnaʸs a_chief_ruler ⟦κοίλης⟧ Surias and Foinikaʸs, and Sathrabouzanaʸs, and the/this/who ⟦συνεταῖροι⟧ ⟦κατακολουθήσαντες⟧ the/this/who by/under of_the king Dareiou ⟦προσταγεῖσιν⟧,

Show passage in OET: GES 8:67

OET-RV GES 8:70

70 Because both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the foreign people of the land. From the beginning of this matter the rulers and the leading citizens have been partakers of this iniquity.”

OET-LV GES 8:70

70 ⟦Συνῴκησαν⟧ for with/after the/this/who daughter he/she/it/self and he/she/it/self and the/this/who son he/she/it/self, and ⟦ἐπεμίγη⟧ the/this/who seed the/this/who holy toward the/this/who ⟦ἀλλογενῆ⟧ Gentile_nation the/this/who earth, and ⟦μετεῖχον⟧ the/this/who to_prefer and the/this/who great_man the/this/who lawlessness this/he/she/it away_from the/this/who beginning of_the thing.

Show passage in OET: MA2 3:5; MA2 3:8

OET-RV MA2 3:5

5 When he couldn’t overcome Honyo, he went to Apolonios of Tarsos, who at that time was governor of Coele-Syria and Foinikai.

OET-RV MA2 3:8

8 So Heliodoros set out on his journey at once, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coele-Syria and Foinikai, but in fact to execute the king’s purpose.

OET-LV MA2 3:5

5 and to_conquer the/this/who Onian not be_able, to_come/go to/with Apollōnion ⟦Θρασαίου⟧, the/this/who according_to that the/this/who time/right_time ⟦κοιλῆς⟧ Surias and Foinikaʸs ⟦στρατηγόν⟧.

OET-LV MA2 3:8

8 immediately but/and the/this/who Haʸliodōros ⟦ἐποιεῖτο⟧ the/this/who ⟦παρείαν⟧, the/this/who on_one_hand ⟦ἐμφάσει⟧ which/how the/this/who according_to ⟦κοίλην⟧ Surian and Foinikaʸn city ⟦ἐφοδεύσων⟧, the/this/who thing but/and the/this/who of_the king purpose ⟦ἐπιτελέσων⟧.

Show passage in OET: MA2 4:4

OET-RV MA2 4:4

4 Honyo, seeing the danger of the contention, and that Apolonios the son of Menestheus, the governor of Coele-Syria and Foinikai, was increasing Shim’on’s malice,

OET-LV MA2 4:4

4 ⟦συνορῶν⟧ the/this/who Onias the/this/who ⟦χαλεπὸν⟧ the/this/who ⟦φιλονεικίας⟧, and Apollōnion ⟦μαίνεσθαι⟧, which/how the/this/who ⟦κοίλης⟧ Surias and Foinikaʸs ⟦στρατηγὸν⟧, ⟦συναύξοντα⟧ the/this/who evil of_the Simōnos,

Show passage in OET: MA2 8:8

OET-RV MA2 8:8

8 But when Filippos (Philip) saw the man gaining ground little by little, and increasing more and more in his success, he wrote to Ptolemaios (Ptolemy), the governor of Coele-Syria and Foinikai, that he should support the king’s cause.

OET-LV MA2 8:8

8 ⟦Συνορῶν⟧ but/and the/this/who Filippos according_to small toward progress to_come/go the/this/who man often but/and in/on/among the/this/who ⟦εὐημερίαις⟧ ⟦προβαίνοντα⟧, to/with Ptolemaion the/this/who ⟦κοίλης⟧ Surias and Foinikaʸs ⟦στρατηγὸν⟧ to_write ⟦ἐπιβοηθεῖν⟧ the/this/who of_the king ⟦πράγμασιν⟧.

Show passage in OET: MA2 10:11

OET-RV MA2 10:11

11 Because this man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lusias to be chancellor and supreme governor of Coele-Syria and Foinikai.

OET-LV MA2 10:11

11 he/she/it/self for to_take kingdom, to_appoint upon/to/against the/this/who thing Lusian one, ⟦κοίλης⟧ but/and Surias and Foinikaʸs ⟦στρατηγὸν⟧ ⟦πρώταρχον⟧.

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