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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(that drives away sorrow).
Tetrarch
of
Abilene
(
Luke 3:1
1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, (Luke 3:1)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Tetrarch
of
Abilene
, of whom nothing more is recorded (
Luke 3:1
1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, (Luke 3:1)
). He is mentioned by Josephus (
Ant
. 15. 4, 1).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
3078
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Λυσανίας
Transliteration:
Lusanias
Phonic:
loo-san-ee’-as
Meaning:
from
3080
and ἀνία (trouble); grief-dispelling; Lysanias, a governor of Abilene
KJV Usage:
Lysanias
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
relaxing sadness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Dissolving sadness; grief-dispelling:―a governor of Abilene, Luke 3:1. {Solvens tristitiam}
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