דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק (dam.me.seq) means “Damascus” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: dam-meh'-sek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
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or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria
KJV glosses: Damascus.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of damascus | 16 |
| damascus | 8 |
| in damascus | 5 |
| from damascus | 4 |
| to damascus | 4 |
| against damascus | 1 |
| and damascus | 1 |
| both damascus | 1 |
| concerning damascus | 1 |
| is damascus | 1 |
| like damascus | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of damascus | 19 |
| damascus | 7 |
| from damascus | 4 |
| to damascus | 4 |
| at damascus | 3 |
| against damascus | 1 |
| and damascus | 1 |
| as damascus | 1 |
| behold damascus | 1 |
| concerning damascus | 1 |
| for thee in damascus | 1 |
| in damascus | 1 |
| in syriadamascus | 1 |
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During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
Read word by wordBut Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Read word by wordWhen the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordSo 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, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordBen-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.
Read word by wordAre 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.
Read word by wordThen Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
Read word by wordSo 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?’”
Read word by wordAs 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?
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordAnd Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it before King Ahaz returned.
Read word by wordWhen the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
Read word by wordWhen the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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:
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordHe sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he 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.
Read word by wordYour neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.5
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.
Read word by wordFor 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.”
Read word by word“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Read word by wordThis is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordConcerning 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.
Read word by wordDamascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
Read word by word“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
Read word by wordBecause of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,
Read word by wordBerothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordI will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from 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.
Read word by wordTherefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
Read word by wordThis is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
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