Abilene

Abilene, a region north of Damascus, ruled by the tetrarch Lysanias.

The name Abilene means “the father of mourning”

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Summary

A location only mentioned at Luke 3:1; only referred to as Abilene (Ἀβιληνή); Abilene, a district of the Syrian Decapolis; from Abila, the chief town, Luke 3:1'>Lk. 3:1*.

Location

Certainty: Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates: 33.627° N, 36.106° E

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Glossary entries

Abilene

Alternative names

ἈβιληνήAbilene

Mentions

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,