Δεκάπολις
Dekapolis · Decapolis
Greek word · Strong’s number G1179 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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Dekapolis (Δεκάπολις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Decapolis”.
"ten cities": a region of Greek cities, nearly all east of the Jordan.
How to say it
De·ka·po·lis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Decapolis ?
Today: disputed region: northern Jordan and southern Syria
A region of ten cities, mostly east of the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee.
The man Jesus freed from demons told all over the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him (Mark 5:20). Crowds from there followed Jesus (Matt 4:25).
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Where it appears
- Matthew 4:25
And large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.
- Mark 5:20
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.
- Mark 7:31
And again going out from the region of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis.