# G1179 Δεκάπολις

Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), Strong’s G1179: the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria KJV: Decapolis. Occurs 3 times.

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

KJV: Decapolis

Built from [δέκα déka](https://besorah.bible/word/G1176) (ten) + [πόλις pólis](https://besorah.bible/word/G4172) (a town)

Occurs 3 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 4:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=25) — Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
- [Mark 5:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/5?v=20) — He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Yeshua had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
- [Mark 7:31](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=31) — Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region…