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Strong's #1154 - Δαμασκός

Transliteration
Damaskós
Phonetics
dam-as-kos'
Root Word (Etymology)
of Hebrew origin (H1834)
Parts of Speech
Noun Location
TDNT
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Definition   
Thayer's
Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver"
  1. one of the most ancient and most important cities of Syria lying in almost lovely and fertile plain at the eastern base of the Antilibanus
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (15)
Acts 13
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
NAS (14)
Acts 12
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
HCS (15)
Acts 13
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
BSB (15)
Acts 13
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
ESV (15)
Acts 13
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
WEB (15)
Acts 13
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
Thayer's Expanded Definition

Δαμασκός, Δαμασκοῦ, , Damascus (Hebrew דַּמֶשֶׂק), a very ancient (Genesis 14:15), celebrated, flourishing city of Syria, lying in a most lovely and fertile plain at the eastern base of Antilibanus. It had a great number of Jews among its inhabitants (Josephus, b. j. 2, 20, 2 cf. 7, 8, 7). Still one of the most opulent cities of western Asia, having about 109,000 inhabitants ("in 1859 about 150,000; of these 6,000 were Jews, and 15,000 Christians" (Porter)): Acts 9:2ff; ff; 2 Corinthians 11:32; Galatians 1:17. (Cf. BB. DD. under the word, especially Alex.'s Kitto.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Δαμασκός , -όν ,

(Heb. H1834),

Damascus: Acts 9:2 ff. Acts 22:5 ff. Acts 26:12; Acts 26:20, 2 Corinthians 11:32, Galatians 1:17.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
Δαμασκον Δαμασκόν Δαμασκὸν Δαμασκω Δαμασκῷ Damasko Damaskō Damaskôi Damaskō̂i Damaskon Damaskón Damaskòn
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