This is the name of the place Abilene: A region ruled by Lysanias when John began preaching.
Definition
Ἀβειληνή (T, Rec. Ἀβι-), -ῆς, ἡ, (sc. χώρα),
Abilene, a district in the Anti-Lebanon: Luke 3:1.
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- Luke 3:1Ἀβιληνῆς · of AbileneIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,