Definitions for coele-syria
coele-syr·i·a

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1. Coele-Syria

   Coele-Syria (, also spelt Coele Syria, Coelesyria, Celesyria) alternatively Coelo-Syria or Coelosyria (; Greek: Κοίλη Συρία, Koílē Syría, 'Hollow Syria'; Latin: Cœlē Syria or Cava Syria), was a region of Syria in classical antiquity. It probably derived from the Aramaic word for all of the region of Syria, but it was most often applied to the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges. The area is now part of the modern-day Syria and Lebanon.

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1. Coele-Syria

   Coele-Syria, or Cœle-Syria, Koile Syria or Celesyria, was a Hellenistic term for a region of Syria. It is widely accepted that the term Coele is a transcription of Aramaic kul, meaning "all, the entire", such that the term originally identified all of Syria. The word "Coele", which literally means "hollow" in Koine Greek, is thought to have come about via a folk etymology referring to the "hollow" Beqaa Valley between Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountains. The term was commonly used in this wider sense to indicate "all Syria" or "all Syria except Phoenicia", by writers including Diodorus Siculus, who indicated Coele-Syria to stretch as far south as Joppa, as well as Polybius, Pliny, Arrian and Ptolemy. The first and only official use of the term was during the period of Seleucid rule of the region, between c. 200 BC and 64 BC. During this period, the term "Coele Syria and Phoenicia" or "Coele Syria" was also used in a narrower sense to refer the former Ptolemaic territory which the Seleucids controlled, being the area south of the river Eleutherus. This usage was adopted by Strabo and the Books of the Maccabees. However, Eunapius wrote that the capital of Coele-Syria was the Seleucid city of Antioch, which is North of the Eleutherus. In addition, other Greek writers used the term Palestine to refer to the region during this period, such as Polemon of Athens and Pausanias.

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1. Coele-Syria

   or El Buka'a, a valley between the Lebanons, about 100 m. long by 10 m. broad.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coele-syria in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coele-syria in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coele-Syria
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coele-syria
3. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Coele-Syria