GREEK · G9
Ἀβιληνή
Abilēnē — Abilene
Ἀβειληνή (T, Rec. Ἀβι-), -ῆς, ἡ, (sc. χώρα), Abilene, a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luk.3:1.† (AS)
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Abilene
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.