Bible Dictionary
REGION
A region is a district or surrounding country. Biblical translations use the term for various areas, territories, and lands around a principal place.
Definition
A region is a district, territory, or surrounding country. English Bible versions use the word for various areas and lands, sometimes interchangeably with country or coasts.
Biblical Usage
“Region round about” commonly translates a term meaning surrounding country. The word can designate the territory around a principal place and may have a more technical use in Acts.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>re'-jun: A "district," as in modern English. The word "region" is used by English Versions of the Bible interchangeably with "country," "coasts," etc., for various Hebrew and Greek terms, but "region round about" is usually in the King James Version and invariably in the Revised Version (British and American) the translation of perichoros, "surrounding country." For a possible technical use of "region" in Ac 16:6 and the Revised Version (British and American) 18:23.</p><p>See GALATIA.</p>