Strong G9Ἀβιληνή
Abilene
- Transliteration
- Abilēnē
- Pronunciation
- ab-ee-lay-nay'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location
Definition
Of foreign origin (compare [H58]);
Abilene a region of Syria: - Abilene.
Abilene a region of Syria: - Abilene.
Meaning of the name
Abilene, a territory on the south end of the Ante-Lebanon mountain range, "[probably] "meadow"
Detailed definition
Ἀβειληνή (T, Rec. Ἀβι-), -ῆς, ἡ, (sc. χώρα),
Abilene, a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
Abilene, a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luk.3:1.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Abilene
A region ruled by Lysanias when John began preaching.
Abilene, a region north of Damascus, ruled by the tetrarch Lysanias.
In the Bible
Strong G9 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abilene1
First verses
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,