How to Pronounce Lysanias

lai-SAY-nih-uhs

Lysanias is pronounced lai-SAY-nih-uhs (lɪˈseɪniəs): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: li-SAY-nee-uhs, leh-SAY-nee-uhs.

What does Lysanias mean?

Lysanias means “that drives away sorrow”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Lysanias?

Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

li-SAY-nee-uhs
leh-SAY-nee-uhs

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