Lexicon :: Strong's G1179 - dekapolis

Δεκάπολις
Transliteration
dekapolis (Key)
Pronunciation
dek-ap'-ol-is
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From δέκα (G1176) and πόλις (G4172)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Δεκαπόλει — 1x
Δεκαπόλεως — 2x
Δεκαπόλει — 1x
Δεκαπόλεως — 2x
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.
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Matthew
4:25
Mark
5:20; 7:31
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