Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Decapolis?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Decapolis.

First appears in Matthew 4:25 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Ten cities=deka, ten, and polis, a city, a district on the east and south-east of the Sea of Galilee containing “ten cities,” which were chiefly inhabited by Greeks. Modern identification: Decapolis.

Decapolis is represented in the local geography layer as Decapolis. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Matthew 4:25 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 26 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 75 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 100 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Decapolis today

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Decapolis is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Decapolis is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Decapolis

32.717°N · 35.800°E

Key passages

Appears in

Mark

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Matthew

1 chapter · 1 verse mention