Lysanias

Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene, ruled during the time of John the Baptist's ministry.

The name Lysanias means “that drives away sorrow”

MaleTetrarch of AbileneNew Testament eraNew Testament1 book1 verse

Tetrarch of Abilene living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Luke 3:1; only referred to as Lysanias (Λυσανίας).

Luke 3:1
In 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,