Dekápolis — G1179

Definition

locative proper noun

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

1. Vaihinger in Herzog 3
2. (BB. DD., under the word)

Usually translated as

Decapolis

Origin

from G1176 and G4172

• déka (G1176)
• pólis (G4172)

Occurrences

Dekápolis occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2)

• Matthew 4:25 — And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis (Δεκαπόλεως), and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
• Mark 5:20 — And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis (Δεκαπόλει) how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
• 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 (Δεκαπόλεως).