Ἀβιληνή
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆς, ἡ
Abilena territorio donde estaba emplazada Abila de Lisanias Eu.Luc.3.1.
English (Abbott-Smith)
English (Strong)
of foreign origin (compare אָבֵל); Abilene, a region of Syria: Abilene.
English (Thayer)
(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: Λυσανίας (and B. D. <TOPIC:Abilene> under the word).
