Greek - English Dictionary
G1179 - Decapolis
Strong's No.: | G1179 |
Greek: | Δεκάπολις |
Transliteration: | Dekapolis |
Phonetic: | dek-ap'-ol-is |
Word Origin: | From G1176 and G4172 |
Bible Usage: | Decapolis. |
Part of Speech: | Noun Location |
Strongs Definition: | the ten city region; the Decapolis a district in Syria |
Thayers Definition: | Decapolis = "ten cities" 1. a track of land so called from the ten cities that were in it a. according to Pliny, these cities were: Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha (Gill) |
Bible References:
Decapolis |
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Translation Occurrences: |
Decapolis ( 3 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.