an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center | an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism |
(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah | a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 |
| state combining the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and currently under Israeli occupation |