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Lysanias

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(that drives away sorrow). Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1¹Now 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 3:1¹Now 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}