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GreekG1179Noun

Δεκάπολις

Dekapolis

3Occurrences
G1179Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria

from G1176 (δέκα) and G4172 (πόλις);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Decapolis, a region east of the Jordan con­taining ten cities.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-F-L

Full Description

N:N-F-L

Occurrences

Δεκάπολις appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
2
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Matthew 4:25BSB

The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Mark 5:20BSB

So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.

Mark 7:31BSB

Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.