Lexical Summary Dekapolis: Decapolis, a region East of the Jordan Original Word: ΔεκάπολιςTransliteration: Dekapolis Phonetic Spelling: (dek-ap'-ol-is) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Decapolis, a region East of the Jordan Meaning: Decapolis -- a region East of the Jordan Strong's Concordance Decapolis. From deka and polis; the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria -- Decapolis. see GREEK deka see GREEK polis Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1179: ΔεκάπολιςΔεκάπολις, Δεκαπολισεως, ἡ, Decapolis (regiodecapolitana, 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): Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; Mark 7:31. |
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