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G1179

Δεκάπολις

Dekapolis

Proper locative noun · From δέκα (G1176) and πόλις (G4172)

From G1176 and G4172; the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria:—Decapolis.

Outline

  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)

Usages

Matthew 4:25

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

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Mark 5:20

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

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Mark 7:31

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

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