A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.
Region
Abilene
- Name means
- the father of mourning
- Location
- 33.587°N, 36.092°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Abilene
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Luke
3:1
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.