(land of meadows), (Luke 3:1) a city situated on the eastern slope of Antilibanus, in a district fertilized by the river Barada (Abana). The city was 18 miles from Damascus, and stood in a remarkable gorge called Suk Wady Barada .
ABILE´NE or simply A´BILA (Ἀβιληνή, Ἄβιλα), a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was A...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
the father of mourning ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town...
Easton's Bible Dictionary