Ἀβιληνή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.bi.lɛː.nɛ̌ː/ → /a.βi.liˈni/ → /a.vi.liˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.bi.lɛː.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.bi.le̝ˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βi.liˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vi.liˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vi.liˈni/

Proper noun

Ἀβιληνή • (Abilēnḗ) f (genitive Ἀβιληνῆς); first declension

1. (biblical) Abilene (a region of Syria)
   • Luke 3:1:

     Ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος, ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου, Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας, καὶ Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος, […]

     Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, […] (KJV)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἀβιληνή; τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀβιληνή hē Abilēnḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς tês Abilēnês
Dative	τῇ Ἀβιληνῇ têi Abilēnêi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀβιληνήν tḕn Abilēnḗn
Vocative	Ἀβιληνή Abilēnḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Ἀβιληνή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G9 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible