Δαμασκός
Damaskos
“Damascus”
Definition
Damascus, a city of Syria
of Hebrew origin (H01834);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N-F-L
N:N-F-L
Occurrences
Δαμασκός appears 15 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
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