Lysa'nias. (that drives away sorrow). Mentioned by St. Luke, in one of his chronological passages, Luke 3:1, as being tetrarch of Abilene (that is, the district round Abila) in the thirteenth year of Tiberius, (A.D. 26), at the time when Herod Antipas was tetrarch of Galilee and Herod Philip was tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis.
More than 4,500 subjects and proper names are defined and analyzed with corresponding Scripture references. Bible students have used "Smith's Bible Dictionary" since its introduction in the 1880s, making it a trustworthy classic.Wikipedia
Read More