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samaria
/səˈmɛəɹi.ə/
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What does samaria mean?
noun
- samarium oxide
proper noun
- A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
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proper noun
- (historical) Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
- (historical) An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
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IPA pronunciation
/səˈmɛəɹi.ə/
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There was not a greater preacher than the woman at the well that brought out the city of Samaria to see Jesus.
And after Philip the Deacon had converted certain persons in Samaria, Peter and John went down (Act.
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Fast by that city is the field Megiddo, in the which the King Joram was slain of the King of Samaria and after was translated and buried in the Mount Sion.
When He spoke merely from His human body He was certainly open to error, like the rest of us, for it is recorded how He questioned the woman of Samaria about her husband, to which she replied that she had no husband.
Our author reminds us that the third gospel is not to be depended upon in determining this point, since it manifestly puts Pauline sentiments into the mouth of Jesus, and in particular attributes to Jesus an acquaintance with heretical Samaria which the first gospel disclaims.