Λυσανίας G3078
Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene in Luke's chronology
Lysanias was the tetrarch of Abilene, a small territory northwest of Damascus, mentioned in Luke's careful dating of John the Baptist's ministry. Luke 3:1 places John's prophetic emergence in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, when Lysanias governed Abilene. Historical evidence confirms a Lysanias ruling this region in the period Luke describes.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke 3:1 includes Lysanias among the rulers anchoring the chronology for John the Baptist's ministry. By naming multiple secular authorities—Roman, Herodian, and local—Luke establishes precise historical context. The multilingual glosses preserve the proper name with standard variations, recognizing Lysanias as the historical tetrarch of Abilene whose governance provides temporal framework for gospel events. 1×
AR["لِيسَانِيُوسَ"]·ben["লুসানীয়ের"]·DE["Λυσανίου"]·EN["Lysanias"]·FR["Lysanias"]·heb["לוּסַנְיָס"]·HI["लुसानियास"]·ID["Lisanias"]·IT["lusaniou"]·jav["Lisanias"]·KO["루사니아-가"]·PT["de-Lisânias"]·RU["Лисании"]·ES["de-Lysanías"]·SW["Lusanías"]·TR["Lisanias"]·urd["لُسانیاس-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Λυσανίας, -ου, ὁ Lysanias: Luk.3:1.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)