- Original: Λυσανίας - Transliteration: Lusanias - Phonetic: loo-san-ee'-as - Definition: Lysanias = that drives away sorrow 1. a tetrarch of Abilene (i.e. the district around Abila) in the thirteenth year of Tiberias (A.D. ) - Origin: from G3080 and ania (trouble) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G3080 and ἀνία ania (trouble); grief dispelling; Lysanias a governor of Abilene: - Lysanias. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Lysanias, 1 Luke 3:1