This is the name of the place Decapolis: A group of ten Hellenistic cities in ancient Palestine.
Definition
Δεκά-πολις, -εως, ὴ
Decapolis, a region east of the Jordan containing ten cities: Matthew 4:25, Mark 5:20; 7:31.
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- Matthew 4:25Δεκαπόλεως · [the] DecapolisLarge crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
- Mark 5:20Δεκαπόλει · DecapolisSo the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
- Mark 7:31Δεκαπόλεως · of [the] DecapolisThen Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.