Strong's Greek Concordance

G1179: Δεκάπολις

Dekápolis · “Decapolis”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: Decapolis

Word origin: from G1176 (δέκα) and G4172 (πόλις);

Extended definition

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

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How G1179 is translated

  • the decapolis ×1
  • decapolis ×1
  • of the decapolis. ×1

Bible verses with G1179 (Dekápolis)

Dekápolis appears in 3 verses.

  • Matthew 4:25

    And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

  • Mark 5:20

    And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis 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.