דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק
Damascus
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H1834 appears — 40 distinct verses across 12 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 14:15 לְ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק prep + n Proper He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- Genesis 15:2 דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק n Proper Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:5 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 11:24 דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ בְּ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק n Proper prep + n Proper He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus.
- 1 Kings 15:18 בְּ/דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק prep + n Proper Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 1 Kings 19:15 דַמָּ֑שֶׂק n Proper Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
- 1 Kings 20:34 בְ/דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ prep + n Proper [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 5:12 דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק n Proper Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
- 2 Kings 8:7 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
- 2 Kings 8:9 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
- 2 Kings 14:28 דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק n Proper Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 16:9 דַּמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ n Proper The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
- 2 Kings 16:10 דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק בְּ/דַמָּ֑שֶׂק n Proper prep + n Proper King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
- 2 Kings 16:11 מִ/דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק מִ/דַּמָּֽשֶׂק prep + n Proper prep + n Proper Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
- 2 Kings 16:12 מִ/דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק prep + n Proper When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק n Proper When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק n Proper Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 16:2 בְּ/דַרְמֶ֖שֶׂק prep + n Proper Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק n Proper It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5 דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק n Proper Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮ n Proper For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 5 verses
- Isaiah 7:8 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק n Proper n Proper For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
- Isaiah 8:4 דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק n Proper For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 10:9 כְ/דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק prep + n Proper Isn't Calno as Carchemish? Isn't Hamath as Arpad? Isn't Samaria as Damascus?
- Isaiah 17:1 דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ n Proper n Proper The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
- Isaiah 17:3 מִ/דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק prep + n Proper The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of Hosts.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 49:23 לְ/דַמֶּ֗שֶׂק prep + n Proper Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.
- Jeremiah 49:24 דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק n Proper Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
- Jeremiah 49:27 דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק n Proper I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
Ezekiel 5 verses
- Ezekiel 27:18 דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק n Proper Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
- Ezekiel 47:16 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
- Ezekiel 47:17 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
- Ezekiel 47:18 דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩ n Proper The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the [north] border to the east sea shall you measure. This is the east side.
- Ezekiel 48:1 דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂק n Proper Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east [and] west), Dan, one [portion].
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 1:3 דַמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
- Amos 1:5 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק n Proper I will break the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; And the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.
- Amos 5:27 לְ/דַמָּ֑שֶׂק prep + n Proper Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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“Damascus” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name דמשק (Dammeseq). First canonically at Genesis 14:15, it enters the text early. With 40 verses in 12 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1834 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 40
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 40 distinct verses.
- 12 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 12 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #810
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 810 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 40 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 40 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 31 verses · 78%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 7 verses · 18%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 2 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Damascus 38×
- American Standard Version†: Damascus 36×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Damascus 38×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Damascus 38×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1834 across 44† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1834 across 43† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1834 across 43† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1834 across 42† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 2 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver"
- an ancient trading city…
Word origin
n.pr.loc. Damascus (Assyrian Dimašḳi, Dimasḳi, DlPa 280 SchrCOT Gn 15, 2 & ABK 323 Jäger BAS ii. 281 f.; Arabic دَمِشْقُ, دِمِشْقُ; Aramaic 𝔗 Onk, etc. דמשק, Ps-Jon דרמשק; ܕܰܪܡܣܘܽܩ )—דַּמֶּשֶׂק 1 K 11:24 + 28 times; דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק Gn 14:15 + 8 times; דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 1 Ch 18:5 + 3 times Ch; דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק 2 Ch 24:23; 28:5, דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 2 K 16:10; דְּמֶשֶׁק Am 3:12 v. foll., Vrss. דַּמֶּשֶׂק;—ancient Aramaean city, situated lat. 33° 30ˊ N., long. 36° 15ˊ E., in plain E. of Hermon & SE. of Anti-Lebanon; on the Nahr Baradâ (Gk. Chrysorrhoas); mod. Dimishḳ & Esh-Sham, RobBR iii. 440 ff. BdPal 307; Damascus Gn 14:15; Am 5:27; 1 K 11:24(×2) 2 K 14:28; Ct 7:5; so also prob. Gn 15:2 (perhaps gloss cf. Di), (&Am 3:12 v. foll.); a trading-centre Ez 27:18; as capital & residence of king of Aram 1 K 15:18 = 2 Ch 16:2, cf. 1 K 20:34; 2 K 16:9, 10(×2), 11(×2), 12; 2 Ch 28:5; Is 7:8(×2); 8:4; 10:9 (cf. PetersHbr April 1885, 242) 17:1(×2), 3; Je 49:23, 24, 27; including also surrounding territory Ez 47:16, 17 cf. v 18; 48:1, v. מִדְבַּ֫רָה ד׳ 1 K 19:15; נַהֲרוֹת ד׳ 2 K 5:12; = kingdom Am 1:3, 5 cf. Zc 9:1; once (late) מֶלֶךְ ד׳ 2 Ch 24:23; note, also אֲרַם ד׳ 2 S 8:5, 6 = 1 Ch 18:5, 6; further אֱלֹהֵי ד׳ 2 Ch 28:23 (‖ אֱלֹהֵי מַלְכֵי אֲרָם).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: of foreign origin
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דַּמֶּשֶׂק
- (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Damascus. Targ. O. Gen. XIV, 15 (Y. I דַּרְמָשֶׂק). Targ. Is. XVII, 1; a. fr.—Sifré Deut. 1 שאני מד׳ I (R. José b. Durmaskith) am from D., v. דּוּרְמַסְקִית; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 33 distinct written forms H1834 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:5 | 8 |
| דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:24 | 2 |
| דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 5:12 | 2 |
| דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 27:18 | 2 |
| דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 17:1 | 2 |
| דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 18:5 | 2 |
| בְ/דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 20:34 | 1 |
| בְּ/דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 15:18 | 1 |
| בְּ/דַמָּ֑שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:10 | 1 |
| בְּ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 11:24 | 1 |
| בְּ/דַרְמֶ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 16:2 | 1 |
| דַמֶּ֔שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:3 | 1 |
| דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 49:24 | 1 |
| דַמָּ֑שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 19:15 | 1 |
| דַמָּֽשֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Song of Solomon 7:4 | 1 |
| דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:23 | 1 |
| דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 7:8 | 1 |
| דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:1 | 1 |
| דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Genesis 15:2 | 1 |
| דַּמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:9 | 1 |
| דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩ | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 47:18 | 1 |
| דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:5 | 1 |
| דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 24:23 | 1 |
| דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:10 | 1 |
| וְ/דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Zechariah 9:1 | 1 |
| כְ/דַמֶּ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 10:9 | 1 |
| לְ/דַמֶּ֗שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 49:23 | 1 |
| לְ/דַמָּ֑שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:27 | 1 |
| לְ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Genesis 14:15 | 1 |
| מִ/דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:12 | 1 |
| מִ/דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 17:3 | 1 |
| מִ/דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:11 | 1 |
| מִ/דַּמָּֽשֶׂק | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:11 | 1 |
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Damascus). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital of Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3); situated about 133 miles to the north of Jerusalem. Its modern name is Esh-Sham; i.e., "the East."
The situation of this city is said to be the most beautiful of all Western Asia. It is mentioned among the conquests of the Egyptian king Thothmes III. (B.C. 1500), and in the Amarna tablets (B.C. 1400).
It is first mentioned in Scripture in connection with Abraham's victory over the confederate kings under Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:15). It was the native place of Abraham's steward (15:2). It is not again noticed till the time of David, when "the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer" (q.v.), 2 Sam. 8:5; 1 Chr. 18:5. In the reign of Solomon, Rezon became leader of a band who revolted from Hadadezer (1 Kings 11:23), and betaking themselves to Damascus, settled there and made their leader king. There was a long war, with varying success, between the Israelites and Syrians, who at a later period became allies of Israel against Judah (2 Kings 15:37).
The Syrians were at length subdued by the Assyrians, the city of Damascus was taken and destroyed, and the inhabitants carried captive into Assyria (2 Kings 16:7-9; comp. Isa. 7:8). In this, prophecy was fulfilled (Isa. 17:1; Amos 1:4; Jer. 49:24). The kingdom of Syria remained a province of Assyria till the capture of Nineveh by the Medes (B.C. 625), when it fell under the conquerors. After passing through various vicissitudes, Syria was invaded by the Romans (B.C. 64), and Damascus became the seat of the government of the province. In A.D. 37 Aretas, the king of Arabia, became master of Damascus, having driven back Herod Antipas.
This city is memorable as the scene of Saul's conversion (Acts 9:1-25). The street called "Straight," in which Judas lived, in whose house Saul was found by Ananias, is known by the name Sultany, or "Queen's Street." It is the principal street of the city. Paul visited Damascus again on his return from Arabia (Gal. 1:16, 17). Christianity was planted here as a centre (Acts 9:20), from which it spread to the surrounding regions.
In A.D. 634 Damascus was conquered by the growing Mohammedan power. In A.D. 1516 it fell under the dominion of the Turks, its present rulers. It is now the largest city in Asiatic Turkey. Christianity has again found a firm footing within its walls.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
one of the most ancient and most important of the cities of Syria. It is situated 130 miles northeast of Jerusalem, in a plain of vast size and of extreme fertility, which lies east of the great chain of Anti-Libanus, on the edge of the desert. This fertile plain, which is nearly circular and about 30 miles in diameter, is due to the river Barada, which is probably the "Abana" of Scripture. Two other streams the Wady Helbon upon the north and the Awaj, which flows direct from Hermon upon the south, increase the fertility of the Damascene plain, and contend for the honor of representing the "Pharpar" of Scripture. According to Josephus, Damascus was founded by Uz grandson of Shem. It is first mentioned in Scripture in connection with Abraham, (Genesis 14:15) whose steward was a native of the place. (Genesis 15:2) At one time david became complete master of the whole territory, which he garrisoned with israelites. (2 Samuel 8:5,6) It was in league with Baasha, king of Israel against Asa, (1 Kings 15:19; 2 Chronicles 16:3) and afterwards in league with Asa against Baasha. (1 Kings 15:20) Under Ahaz it was taken by Tiglath-pileser, (2 Kings 16:7,8,9) the kingdom of Damascus brought to an end, and the city itself destroyed, the inhabitants being carried captive into Assyria. (2 Kings 16:9) comp. Isai 7:8 and Amos 1:5 Afterwards it passed successively under the dominion of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans and Saracens, and was at last captured by the Turks in 1516 A.D. Here the apostle Paul was converted and preached the gospel. (Acts 9:1-25) Damascus has always been a great centre for trade. Its present population is from 100,000 to 150,000. It has a delightful climate. Certain localities are shown as the site of those scriptural events which specially interest us in its history. Queen's Street, which runs straight through the city from east to west, may be the street called Straight. (Acts 9:11) The house of Judas and that of Ananias are shown, but little confidence can be placed in any of these traditions.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 35 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 40 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 14:15
- 2 Samuel 8:5
- 1 Kings 15:18
- 2 Kings 5:12
- 1 Chronicles 18:5
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
- Song of Solomon 7:4
- Isaiah 7:8
- Ezekiel 27:18
- Amos 1:3
- Zechariah 9:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
