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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:3 - As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 - Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:10 - In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:19 - and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:22 - Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6 - “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:10 - “ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:11 - My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:12 - “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
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