Chuza

The steward (^Trir/MTTos) of Herod Antipas. His wife JoANNA (which see) was one of the women who ministered to our Lord and His disciples (Lk 8'). CICCAR ("ir;), 'round.' — A name for the middle broader iiart of the .lordan Valley (so Buhl, Pal. 112; cf. Driver on Dt 34^), On lli'"-''' igi'-M-as-a Dt 34^ 2 S IS-^, IK 7«, 2 Ch 4", Ezk 47». See Palestine. The term is also, perhaps, used of the neighbourhood of Jerus. in a later age, Neh 3''^ 12^ (A'^ 'plain,' 'plain country').