Lexicon Abiléné: Abilene, territory northwest of Damascus Original Word: Ἀβιληνή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Abiléné Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-lay-nay') Short Definition: Abilene Definition: the Abilenian territory, the territory of Abila (in Syria), a small principality in the mountains of Damascus. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin DefinitionAbilene, territory northwest of Damascus NASB TranslationAbilene (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 9: ἈβιληνήἈβιληνή ( 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: Luke 3:1. Cf. Λυσανίας (and B. D. under the word).
Strong's Abilene. Of foreign origin (compare 'abel); Abilene, a region of Syria -- Abilene. see HEBREW 'abel |
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