- Transliteration: Dekapolis

- Phonetic: dek-ap'-ol-is

- 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)

- Origin: from G1176" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1176 and G4172" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4172

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: From G1176" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1176 and G4172" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4172; the ten city region; the Decapolis a district in Syria: - Decapolis.