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Decapolis

A country in Palestine, so called, because it contained ten principal cities; some situated on the west, and some on the east side of Jordan, Matt. Decapolis is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “containing ten cities.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Study overview

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G1179
Greek
Δεκάπολις · Dekapolis
Name meaning
containing ten cities According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Δεκάπολις

G1179
Transliteration
Dekapolis
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-F-L
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

Decapolis

Lexicon definition

Δεκά-πολις, -εως, ὴ Decapolis, a region east of the Jordan con­taining ten cities: Mat.4:25, Mrk.5:20 7:31.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Δεκάπολις

G1179
Transliteration
Dekápolis
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

Decapolis

Lexicon definition

the ten-city region

the Decapolis, a district in Syria

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Decapolis

containing ten cities

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

DECAPOLIS

a country in Palestine, so called, because it contained ten principal cities; some situated on the west, and some on the east side of Jordan, Matt. iv, 25; Mark v, 20.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Decapolis

Indexed occurrences: 3

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All Scripture references3 references

Matthew 1

Matthew 4:25

Mark 2

Mark 5:20Mark 7:31

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

DECAPOLIS

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for DECAPOLIS.

Indexed references: 2

Scripture references:
Matthew 4:25Mark 5:20

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Decapolis

Meaning:
containing ten cities

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Topic

DECAPOLIS

Nave’s Topical Bible references for DECAPOLIS.

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Dictionary

Decapolis

containing ten cities

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