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G9

Ἀβιληνή

Abilēnē

Proper locative noun · Of foreign origin, cf ἀγορά (G58)

Of foreign origin (compare H58); Abilene, a region of Syria:—Abilene.

Outline

  1. Abilene = "grassy meadow"
    1. a region of Syria between Lebanon and Hermon towards Phoenicia, 18 miles (29 km) from Damascus and 37 miles (60 km) from Heliopolis

Usages

Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

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