Lexical Summary Abilēnē: Abilene, territory northwest of Damascus Original Word: ἈβιληνήTransliteration: Abilēnē Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-lay-nay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Abilene, territory northwest of Damascus Meaning: Abilene -- territory northwest of Damascus Strong's Concordance Abilene. Of foreign origin (compare 'abel); Abilene, a region of Syria -- Abilene. see HEBREW 'abel Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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