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- Damascus, a place of Scripture.The Syrian city Saul was travelling to with letters of arrest when the light stopped him on the road; he entered it blind and left it preaching.
- Damascus, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Damascus Becomes Ruins, a messianic prophecy.A messianic prophecy: what was spoken, where it was written, and where the New Testament takes it up.
- Damascus Becomes a Ruinous Heap, a messianic prophecy.Isaiah predicted Damascus would cease to be a city and become a ruinous heap—a remarkable claim since Damascus claims to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in…
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55 results- VerseIsaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
- VerseActs 22:6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
- Verse2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- VerseActs 9:3As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
- VerseIsaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
People
2 results- PersonAnanias of DamascusA disciple at Damascus told in a vision to go and lay hands on the man who had come to arrest him; he argues briefly with God about it, and goes — greeting the persecutor as…
- PersonPaul the ApostleThe apostle to the Gentiles — once Saul the persecutor, arrested by the risen Christ on the Damascus road; author of Romans and thirteen New Testament letters.
Places
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6 results- WordH1834 דַּמֶּשֶׂק · Dammeseq (Hebrew)Damascus, a city of Syria. The Hebrew word stands 45 times in the original text.
- WordG1154 Δαμασκός · Damaskós (Greek)Damascus, a city of Syria. The Greek word stands 15 times in the original text.
- WordH1833 דְּמֶשֶׁק · dᵉmesheq (Hebrew)damask (as a fabric of Damascus). The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH549 אֲמָנָה · ʼĂmânâh (Hebrew)Amanah, a mountain near Damascus. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordH71 אֲבָנָה · ʼĂbânâh (Hebrew)Abanah, a river near Damascus. A Hebrew word of the lexicon floor, with its parsing and its occurrences on the word page.
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2 results- ProphecyDamascus Becomes RuinsA messianic prophecy: what was spoken, where it was written, and where the New Testament takes it up.
- ProphecyDamascus Becomes a Ruinous HeapIsaiah predicted Damascus would cease to be a city and become a ruinous heap—a remarkable claim since Damascus claims to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in…
Voices
4 results- VoiceJohn DamasceneJohn was born in Damascus about 675, into a prominent Christian family that served the Muslim government. His father held a senior financial post under the Umayyad caliphs, and…
- VoiceAndrew of CreteAndrew was born in Damascus about 650. The tradition says he could not speak until he was seven years old, and that his tongue was loosed after he received communion. At…
- VoiceSophronius of JerusalemSophronius was born about 560 in Damascus and taught rhetoric before he gave it up for the monastic life — men who knew him called him Sophronius the Sophist. He travelled for…
- VoiceCosmas of MaiumaCosmas was, by the tradition preserved in the Greek church, an orphan taken into the household of John of Damascus's father in Syria and raised alongside John as a brother. The…
Apocrypha (study resources)
6 results- Study resource1 Maccabees 12:32And removing thence, he came to Damascus, and so passed through all the country,
- Study resource1 Maccabees 11:62Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed…
- Study resourceJudith 1:7Then Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus, and…
- Study resourceJudith 2:27Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities…
- Study resourceJudith 1:12Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry with all this country, and sware by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and…
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H1834דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammeseq — Damascus, a city of SyriaG1154Δαμασκός Damaskós — Damascus, a city of SyriaH1833דְּמֶשֶׁק dᵉmesheq — damask (as a fabric of Damascus)H549אֲמָנָה ʼĂmânâh — Amanah, a mountain near DamascusH71אֲבָנָה ʼĂbânâh — Abanah, a river near DamascusG1153Δαμασκηνός Damaskēnós — a Damascene or inhabitant of Damascus