Lysanias

Tetrarch of Abilene, in the time of the New Testament · named in 1 verse

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Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene, ruled during the time of John the Baptist's ministry (<ref="Luk.3.1">Luk.3.1</ref>).

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Luke 3:1.

Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,