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Decapolis

A country in Palestine, so called, because it contained ten principal cities; some situated on the west, and some on the east side of Jordan, Matt. Decapolis is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “containing ten cities.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G1179
Greek
Δεκάπολις · Dekapolis
Name meaning
containing ten cities According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G1179

Δεκάπολις · Dekapolis

Glosses: Decapolis

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

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Decapolis

containing ten cities

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

DECAPOLIS

a country in Palestine, so called, because it contained ten principal cities; some situated on the west, and some on the east side of Jordan, Matt. iv, 25;

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Decapolis

Meaning:
containing ten cities

Indexed occurrences: 0

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