noun · feminine
abilēnas
GreekἈβιληνή (abilēnē)
Strong’sG9
Abilene
stem abilēn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἀβιληνή v.s. Ἀβειληνή.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G9 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidab-ee-lay-nay'
Abilene, a region of Syria
Fromof foreign origin (compare );
King JamesAbilene.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | abilēnas | abilēnais |
| object accusative | abilēnan | abilēnain |
| direct address vocative | abilēnar | abilēnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | abilēnau1×Ἀβιληνῆς | abilēnaiu |
| to, for dative | abilēna | abilēnai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
abilēna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
abilēnau“Abilene”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:1“Abilene”En ete de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōtou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōtou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōtou tau Itouraiau kai Trachōnitiau chōrau, kai Lusaniou tau Abilēnau tetraarcharōtou,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,