Strong's Number 1179
Transliteration:
Dekapolis
{dek-ap'-ol-is}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name location
Usage in the KJV:
Decapolis 3
Total: 3
Definition:
Decapolis = "ten cities"
- a track of land so called from the ten cities that were in it
- according to Pliny, these cities were: Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha (Gill)