Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
the Fourth Week of Lent
There are 15 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Decapolis
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(From the Greek words, deka, ten, and polis, a city,) a country in Palestine, which contained ten principal cities, on both of the Jordan, chiefly east, Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31 . According to Pliny, they were, Scythopolis, Philadelphia, Raphanae, Gadara, Hippos, Dios, Pella, Gerasa, Canatha, and Damascus. Josephus inserts Otopos instead of Canatha. Though within the limits of Israel, the Decapolis was inhabited by many foreigners, and hence it retained a foreign appellation. This may also account for the numerous herds of swine kept in the district, Matthew 8:30; a practice which was forbidden by the Mosaic Law.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Decapolis'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/decapolis.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Decapolis'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/decapolis.html. 1859.
