Δαμασκός,
-οῦ,
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;
Acts 22:5ff;
2 Corinthians 11:32;
Galatians 1:17. [Cf.
BB. DD. under the word, especially Alex.'s Kitto.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Genesis
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14:15
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Acts
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9:2; 22:5
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2 Corinthians
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11:32
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Galatians
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1:17
