Strong's #1179: Dekapolis (pronounced dek-ap'-ol-is)

from 1176 and 4172; the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria:--Decapolis.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Dekapolis

Decapolis = "ten cities"

1) a track of land so called from the ten cities that were in it

1a) according to Pliny, these cities were: Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha (Gill)

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from G1176 and G4172

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Matthew 4:25: "from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea,"
Mark 5:20: "began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him:"
Mark 7:31: "the midst of the coasts of Decapolis."