דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Strong’s Definition

Damascus, a city of Syria

Etymology & Derivation

or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin;

KJV Usage

Damascus.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.an ancient trading city, capital of syria, located in the plain east of hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of jerusalem

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Dammeseq; Pronunciation: dam-meh'-sek