Dammeseq — H1834

H1834 · Hebrew — דמשק

Pronunciation: dam-meh'-sek

Other spellings: Dûwmeseq דּוּמֶשֶׂק, Darmeseq דַּרְמֶשֶׂק

Definition

locative proper noun

Damascus, a city of Syria

  1. Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver"
  2. an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Damascus

Origin

or Dûwmeseq; or Darmeseq; of foreign origin

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Dammeseq occurs 45 times in 40 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (8), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (5), Amos (3), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — D