STRONGS G9:
Ἀβιληνή [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].
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