Word Study · Strong's H1834 · Hebrew
דַּמֶּשֶׂק
Dammeseq
dam-meh'-sek
“Damascus, a city of Syria”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Damascus, a city of Syria
Rendered in the KJV as
Damascus.
- 45occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 33inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 45 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 33
- דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק8
- דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙2
- דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק2
- דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק2
- דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק2
- דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק2
- בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙1
- בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק1
- בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק1
- בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃1
- בְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂק1
- דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- Damascus30
- from Damascus4
- in Damascus4
- of Damascus2
- [is] Damascus1
- [was] in Damascus1
- and Damascus1
- like Damascus1
- to Damascus1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)31
- preposition + proper noun (a name)13
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 31
- HR/Npl · 13
- HC/Npl · 1
All 45, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings10 of 45 · 22%
- Isaiah7 of 45 · 16%
- 1 Kings5 of 45 · 11%
- Ezekiel5 of 45 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 45 · 9%
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 14:15לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃ledamasekpreposition + proper noun (a name)During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.here: of Damascus
- Genesis 15:2דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”here: [is] Damascus
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:5דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.here: Damascus
- 2 Samuel 8:6דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.here: Damascus
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 11:24דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙damesekproper noun (a name)and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.here: Damascus
- 1 Kings 11:24בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃bedamasekpreposition + proper noun (a name)and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.here: in Damascus
- 1 Kings 15:18בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂקbedamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:here: in Damascus
- 1 Kings 19:15דַמָּ֑שֶׂקdamasekproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.here: Damascus
- 1 Kings 20:34בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙vedamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.here: in Damascus
2 Kings10 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:12דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 8:7דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 8:9דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 14:28דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:9דַּמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙damesekproper noun (a name)So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:10דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdumesekproper noun (a name)Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.here: Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:10בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂקbedamasekpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.here: [was] in Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:11מִדַּמֶּ֗שֶׂקmidamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.here: from Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:11מִדַּמָּֽשֶׂק׃midamasekpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.here: from Damascus
- 2 Kings 16:12מִדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקmidamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.here: from Damascus
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 18:5דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקdarmesekproper noun (a name)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.here: Damascus
- 1 Chronicles 18:6דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקdarmesekproper noun (a name)Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.here: Damascus
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 16:2בְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂקbedarmesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:here: in Damascus
- 2 Chronicles 24:23דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃darmasekproper noun (a name)In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.here: Damascus
- 2 Chronicles 28:5דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂקdarmasekproper noun (a name)So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.here: Damascus
- 2 Chronicles 28:23דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮darmesekproper noun (a name)Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.here: Damascus
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah7 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:8דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.here: Damascus
- Isaiah 7:8דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.here: Damascus
- Isaiah 8:4דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”here: Damascus
- Isaiah 10:9כְדַמֶּ֖שֶׂקkhedamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?here: like Damascus
- Isaiah 17:1דַּמָּ֑שֶׂקdamasekproper noun (a name)This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.here: Damascus
- Isaiah 17:1דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙damesekproper noun (a name)This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.here: Damascus
- Isaiah 17:3מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקmidamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.here: from Damascus
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 49:23לְדַמֶּ֗שֶׂקledamesekpreposition + proper noun (a name)Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.here: of Damascus
- Jeremiah 49:24דַמֶּ֛שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.here: Damascus
- Jeremiah 49:27דַּמָּ֑שֶׂקdamasekproper noun (a name)“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”here: Damascus
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:18דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,here: Damascus
- Ezekiel 47:16דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.here: Damascus
- Ezekiel 47:17דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.here: Damascus
- Ezekiel 47:18דַּמֶּשֶׂק֩damesekproper noun (a name)On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.here: Damascus
- Ezekiel 48:1דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.here: Damascus
Amos3 occurrences
- Amos 1:3דַמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.here: Damascus
- Amos 1:5דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקdamesekproper noun (a name)I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.here: Damascus
- Amos 5:27לְדַמָּ֑שֶׂקledamasekpreposition + proper noun (a name)Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.here: to Damascus