ἈβιληνήAbilēnḗ
Abilene, a region of Syria
Greek (New Testament) · G9
Meanings
Ἀβιληνή [WH Ἀβειλ. (see s. v. ει)], -ῆς, ἡ, (sc. χώρα, the district belonging to the city Abila), Abilene, the name of a region lying between Lebanon and Hermon towards Phoenicia, 18 miles distant from Damascus and 37 [acc. to the Itin. Anton. 38] from Heliopolis: Lk. iii. 1. Cf. Λυσανίας [and B. D. s. v.].*
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Luke 3:1 It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.
Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.