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H1834 דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) dam-meh'-sek
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or Duwmeseq {doo-meh'-sek}; or Darmeseq {dar-meh'-sek}; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria

KJV Usage: Damascus

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק (dam.me.seq) — Damascus.

§ Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver" an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · אֲרָם · דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Names of Groups

Arameans from Damascus = people; Arameans ◄ from the town of Damascus

2SA 8:5 · 2SA 8:6 · 1CH 18:5 · 1CH 18:6

Reinier de Blois

name · אֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Names of Locations

Damascus = town; ◄ in Syria; ► capital of one of the Aramaean kingdoms

GEN 14:15 · GEN 15:2 · 2SA 8:5 · 2SA 8:6 · 1KI 11:24 · 1KI 11:24 · 1KI 15:18 · 1KI 19:15 · 1KI 20:34 · 2KI 5:12 · 2KI 8:7 · 2KI 8:9 · 2KI 14:28 · 2KI 16:9 · 2KI 16:10 · 2KI 16:10 · 2KI 16:11 · 2KI 16:11 · 2KI 16:12 · 1CH 18:5 · 1CH 18:6 · 2CH 16:2 · 2CH 24:23 · 2CH 28:5 · 2CH 28:23 · SNG 7:5 · ISA 7:8 · ISA 7:8 · ISA 8:4 · ISA 10:9 · ISA 17:1 · ISA 17:1 · ISA 17:3 · JER 49:23 · JER 49:24 · JER 49:27 · EZK 27:18 · EZK 47:16 · EZK 47:17 · EZK 47:18 · EZK 48:1 · AMO 1:3 · AMO 1:5 · AMO 3:12 · AMO 5:27 · ZEC 9:1

1 AMO 3:12 RSV NRSV "part (of a bed)" | NJPS "head (of a couch)" | NIV "in Damascus (on their couches)" | NJB "(on their divans of) Damscus" | REB "(on divans) from Damascus" | CEV "pieces (of their beds and couches)"

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק n.pr.loc. Damascus base

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