King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1154
Transliteration: Damaskos
Phonetic Spelling: (dam-as-kos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Damascus, a city of Syria
Meaning: Damascus -- a city of Syria
Δαμασκός, Δαμασκοῦ, ἡ, 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.)
Word Summary
Damaskos: Damascus, a city of Syria
Original Word: ΔαμασκόςTransliteration: Damaskos
Phonetic Spelling: (dam-as-kos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Damascus, a city of Syria
Meaning: Damascus -- a city of Syria
Strong's Concordance
Damascus. Of Hebrew origin (Dammeseq); Damascus, a city of Syria -- Damascus.
see HEBREW Dammeseq
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1154: ΔαμασκόςΔαμασκός, Δαμασκοῦ, ἡ, 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;