ἈΒΙΛΑ, ἀβιλα
ABILA, abila
Sounds Like: AH-bee-lah
Translations: Abila
From the root: ἈΒΙΛΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to Abila, a historical city or region. There were several places named Abila in the ancient world, including Abila Lysaniou in Syria (near Damascus) and Abila Decapoleos in the Decapolis region. It is used to denote a specific geographical location.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 3:136
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:50
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΒΙΛΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΒΙΛΑΝ — Abilene
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