noun · feminine
damaskas
GreekΔαμασκός (damaskos)
Strong’sG1154
Damascus
stem damask-15 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Δαμασκός, -οῦ, ἡ (Heb. דַּמֶּשֶׂק),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1154 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddam-as-kos'
Damascus, a city of Syria
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesDamascus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | damaskas | damaskais |
| object accusative | damaskan7×Δαμασκόν | damaskain |
| direct address vocative | damaskar | damaskair |
| of, belonging to genitive | damaskau | damaskaiu |
| to, for dative | damaska8×Δαμασκῷ | damaskai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
damaska is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
damaskan“Damascus”objectaccusative singular7×
Acts 9:2“Damascus”aiteta para autou epistolain eis Damaskan pros tain sunagōgain, hopōs ean tinoin heuriskateia tau hodau arōtoin, anēroin tē kai gunaikain, dirētoin agateia eis Ierousalēm.and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:8“Damascus”egeirita de Saulos apo tau gēau, anoigirētoiu de toiu ofthalmoiu autou oudenem blepate; cheiragōgarōtois de auton eisagala eis Damaskan.Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
Acts 22:5“Damascus”hōs kai tos archierevos marturatō mi kai pantem tem presbuteriem; para hoiu kai epistolain decheratos pros toin adelfoin eis Damaskan poreueme agaritos kai toin ekeise arōtoin dirētoin eis Ierousalēm hina timōrileia.as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 22:10“Damascus”legama de; Tinem poiameia, kurior? tos de kurios legata pros min; Anistanaratos poreuesōr eis Damaskan, kakei si laliti peri panteiu heiu tassitē si poiara.Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
Acts 22:11“Damascus”hōs de ouk emblepame apo tau doxau teu fōteu ekeineu, cheiragōgirōtos hupo toiu suneiarōtoiu mi erchama eis Damaskan.Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
Acts 26:12“Damascus”En hei poreuerōtos eis tan Damaskan meta exousiau kai epitropau tau toiu archierevoiuIn this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Galatians 1:17“Damascus”oude anerchama eis Hierosolumeim pros toin pro mu apostoloin, alla aperchama eis Arabian, kai palin hupostrefama eis Damaskan.nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
damaska“Damascus”to, fordative singular8×
Acts 9:3“Damascus”en de te poreuerō gineta auton engizarō ta Damaska, exaifnōs tē auton periastraptata fōtem ek tou ouranou,As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts 9:10“Damascus”Ate de tinos mathētos en Damaska onome Hananios, kai legata pros auton en horame tos kurios; Hananior. tos de legata; Idou mis, kurior.In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
Acts 9:19“Damascus”kai lambaratos trofēan enischuata. Gineta de meta toiu en Damaska mathētoiu hēmerain tinain,and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
Acts 9:22“Damascus”Saulos de mallon endunamite kai sunchate toin Ioudaioin toin katoikarōtoin en Damaska, sumbibazarōtos hoti houtos atō tos christos.But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 9:27“Damascus”Barnabaos de epilamberatos auton agata pros toin apostoloin, kai diēgeta autoi pōs en ta hoda horata ton kurion kai hoti lalata auto kai pōs en Damaska parrēsiazeta en te onome tou Iēsu.Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
Acts 22:6“Damascus”Gineta de mi poreuerōto kai engizarōto ta Damaska peri mesēmbrian exaifnōs ek tou ouranou periastraptara fōtem hikanem peri min,About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
Acts 26:20“Damascus”alla toi en Damaska prōtem tē kai Hierosolumei, pantan tē tan chōran tau Ioudaiau, kai tei ethnei apangellame metanoarō kai epistrefara epi ton theon, axieim tau metanoiau ergeim prassarōtoin.First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
2 Corinthians 11:32“Damascus”en Damaska tos ethnarchos Haretaou tou basilevou frourate tan politan Damaskēnoiu piazara min,In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.