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Lexicon :: Strong's G1179 - dekapolis

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Δεκάπολις
Transliteration
dekapolis (Key)
Pronunciation
dek-ap'-ol-is
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Δεκάπολις Dekápolis, dek-ap'-ol-is; from G1176 and G4172; the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria:—Decapolis.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1179 in the following manner: Decapolis (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1179 in the following manner: Decapolis (3x).

  1. Decapolis = "ten cities"

    1. a track of land so called from the ten cities that were in it

      1. according to Pliny, these cities were: Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha (Gill)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Δεκάπολις Dekápolis, dek-ap'-ol-is; from G1176 and G4172; the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria:—Decapolis.
STRONGS G1179:
Δεκάπολις, -εως, ἡ, Decapolis (regio decapolitana, Pliny, h. n. 5, 16, 17), i. e. a region embracing ten cities. This name is borne by a district of the tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan and bordering upon Syria, embracing ten principal cities with smaller towns also scattered in among them. But the ancient geographers vary in their enumeration of these ten cities. Pliny, the passage cited reckons Damascus among them, which Josephus seems to have excluded, calling Scythopolis μεγίστην τῆς δεκαπόλεως, b. j. 3, 9, 7. All seem to agree in this, that Gadara, Hippo, Pella and Scythopolis were of the number. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Decapolis; Vaihinger in Herzog 3:325f; Riehm, HWB, 266f; [BB. DD., under the word. Caspari, Chron.-geogr. Einl. pp. 83-90; Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 23, I. vol. ii. p. 83 (Eng. trans. ii1 p. 94)]: Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; Mark 7:31.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:25
Mark
5:20; 7:31

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Strong's Number G1179 matches the Greek Δεκάπολις (dekapolis),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:25 - And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:20 - And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:31 - Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
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