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Lexicon :: Strong's G1154 - damaskos

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Δαμασκός
Transliteration
damaskos (Key)
Pronunciation
dam-as-kos'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin דַּמֶּשֶׂק (H1834)
Strong’s Definitions

Δαμασκός Damaskós, dam-as-kos'; of Hebrew origin (H1834); Damascus, a city of Syria:—Damascus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G1154 in the following manner: Damascus (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G1154 in the following manner: Damascus (15x).

  1. Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver"

    1. one of the most ancient and most important cities of Syria lying in [a most]1 lovely and fertile plain at the eastern base of the Antilibanus


1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly stating "almost".]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Δαμασκός Damaskós, dam-as-kos'; of Hebrew origin (H1834); Damascus, a city of Syria:—Damascus.
STRONGS G1154:
Δαμασκός, -οῦ, ἡ, Damascus, (Hebrew דַּמֶשֶׂק), a very ancient (Genesis 14:15), celebrated, flourishing city of Syria, lying in a most lovely and fertile plain at the eastern base of Antilibanus. It had a great number of Jews among its inhabitants (Josephus, b. j. 2, 20, 2 cf. 7, 8, 7). Still one of the most opulent cities of western Asia, having about 109,000 inhabitants ["in 1859 about 150,000; of these 6,000 were Jews, and 15,000 Christians" (Porter)]: Acts 9:2ff; Acts 22:5ff; 2 Corinthians 11:32; Galatians 1:17. [Cf. BB. DD. under the word, especially Alex.'s Kitto.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
14:15
Acts
9:2; 22:5
2 Corinthians
11:32
Galatians
1:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1154 matches the Greek Δαμασκός (damaskos),
which occurs 42 times in 40 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - And Syria of Damascus comes to help Adraazar king of Suba, and David smote twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:6 - And David placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - And Asa took all the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hands of his servants; and king Asa sent them out to the son of Ader, the son of Taberema son of Azin king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - And the Lord said to him, Go, return, and thou shalt come into the way of the wilderness of Damascus: and thou shalt go and anoint Azael to be king over Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - (LXX 21:34) And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? [fn]may I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed? and he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and Æmath to Juda in Israel, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed [fn]the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw [fn]an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11 - And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all the directions which king Achaz sent from Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Adraazar king of Suba; and David smote of the Syrian army twenty and two thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:6 - And David put a garrison in Syria near Damascus; and they became tributary servants to David: and the Lord delivered David wherever he went.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent them to the son of Ader king of Syria, which dwelt in Damascus, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - And it came to pass after the end of the year, that the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they slew all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and he smote him, and took captive of them a great band of prisoners, and carried him to Damascus. Also God delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling-block to him, and to all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - (LXX 7:5) Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8 - But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from being a people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 - The Word against Damascus. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - (LXX 30:29) Concerning Damascus. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - (LXX 30:30) Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27 - (LXX 30:33) And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the streets of the son of Ader.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:18 - The people of Damascus were thy merchants by reason of the abundance of all thy power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into thy market.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - Maabthera, Ebrameliam, between the coasts of Damascus and the coasts of Emathi, the habitation of Saunan, which places are above the coasts of Auranitis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - These are the borders from the sea, from the habitations of Ænan, the coasts of Damascus, and the northern coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - And the eastern coasts between Loranitis, and Damascus, and the land of Galaad, and the land of Israel, the Jordan divides to the sea that is east of the city of palm-trees. These are the eastern coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Emath the palace of Ælam, the border of Damascus northward on the side of Emath the palace; and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 - And the Lord said, For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they sawed with iron saws the women with child of the Galaadites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:27 - And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus shall be left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 - The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Sedrach, and his sacrifice shall be in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.
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