noun · feminine

dekapolias

GreekΔεκάπολις (dekapolis)

Strong’sG1179

Decapolis

stem dekapoli-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Decapolis3×

What it means

Δεκά-πολις, -εως, ὴ

Decapolis, a region east of the Jordan containing ten cities: Mt 4:25, Mk 5:20 7:31.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1179 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddek-ap'-ol-is

the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria

Fromfrom G1176 and G4172;

King JamesDecapolis.

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	dekapolias	dekapoliais
object accusative	dekapolian	dekapoliain
direct address vocative	dekapoliar	dekapoliair
of, belonging to genitive	dekapoliau2×Δεκαπόλεως	dekapoliaiu
to, for dative	dekapolia1×Δεκαπόλει	dekapoliai

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

dekapolistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

dekapolia 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

dekapoliau“Decapolis”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 4:25“Decapolis”kai akolouthala auto ochlois pollois apo tau Galilaiau kai Dekapoliau kai Hierosolumeiu kai Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou.Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Mark 7:31“Decapolis”Kai palin exercharatos ek teiu horeiu Turau erchata dia Sidōnau eis tan thalassan tau Galilaiau ana mesem teiu horeiu Dekapoliau.Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

dekapolia“Decapolis”to, fordative singular1×

Mark 5:20“Decapolis”kai aperchata kai archeta kērussarō en ta Dekapolia hoseim poiata auto tos Iēsus, kai pantois thaumazale.So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.