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Abilene
Biblical Persons & Places
Abilene
Abilene
A location only mentioned at Luk.3.1;
only referred to as Abilene (Ἀβιληνή).
Abilene, a district of the Syrian Decapolis; from Abila, the chief town, Lk. 3:1*
Strong's Definition
Abilene, a region of Syria
Derivation: of foreign origin (compare H058);
KJV Usage: Abilene
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἀβιληνή (WH Ἀβειλ. (see under the word εἰ)), (ῆς, ἡ (namely, χώρα, the district belonging to the city Abila). Abilene, the name of a region lying between Lebanon and Hermon toward Phoenicia, 18 miles distant from Damascus and 37 (according to the Itin. Anton. 38) from Heliopolis: Luk_3:1. Cf. Λυσανίας (and B. D. under the word).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ἀβιληνή Abilēnē 1x
Abilene, a district of the Syrian Decapolis; from Abila, the chief town, Luk_3:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ἀβειληνή
( T , Rec. 'Άβι -), -ῆς , ἡ ( sc . χώρα ),
Abilene , a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luk_3:1 .†
Ἀβιληνή , see Ἀβειληνή .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ἀβειληνή (T, Rec. Ἀβι-), -ῆς, ἡ, (sc. χώρα),
Abilene, a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luk.3:1.†
(AS)