Strong’s G1179 · Greek
Δεκάπολις
Dekápolis · dek-ap'-ol-is
Origin from δέκα (G1176) and πόλις (G4172);
Meaning the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria
In the King James Version Decapolis.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
- Mark 5:20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
- Mark 7:31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.