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Δεκάπολις, εως, ἡ n.f. Decapolis
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria
Derivation: from G1176 (δέκα) and G4172 (πόλις);
KJV Usage: Decapolis
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Δεκά-πολις, -ews, 7), Decapolis (regio decapolitana, Plin. h. n. 5, 16.17), i. e. a region embracing ten cities. This name is borne by a district of the tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan and bordering upon Syria, embracing ten principal cities with smaller towns also scattered in among them. But the ancient geographers vary in their enumeration of these ten cities. Pliny 1. ὁ. reckons Damascus among them,.which Josephus seems to have excluded, calling Seythopolis μεγίστην τῆς δεκαπόλεως, b. 1. 8, 9, 7. All seem to agree in this, that Gadara, Hippo, Pella and Seythopolis were of the number. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. ν. Decapolis; Vaihinger in Herzog iii. 325 sq.; Riehm, HWB. 266 sq.; [BB.DD.s. v.]: Mt. iv. 25; Mk. v. 20; vii. 81.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Δεκάπολις Dekapolis 3x
Decapolis, a district of Palestine beyond Jordan, Mk. 5:20; 7:31; Mt. 4:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Δεκά-πολις, -εως, ὴ Decapolis, a region east of the Jordan containing ten cities: Mt 4:25, Mk 5:20 7:31.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Δεκάπολις. Cagnat III. 10578 (A.b. 134) ᾿Αγαθάνγελος ᾿Αβιληνὸς τῆς Δεκαπόλεος : the editor distinguishes this Abila from A. Lysaniae, near Damascus. See also G. A. Smith (£4z 1051). For the formation of the name cf. Τρικωμία (as in P Par 473—c. B.C. 153), Δικωμία (BGU IV. 120871—B.¢. 27), and πενταφυλία (Chrest. 1. 77°—A.D. 149).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Δεκάπολις (Dekapolis) — Decapolis. δεκᾰ-πολις, εως, ἡ, district with ten cities, Decapolis, [NT+1st c.AD+]