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Damascus

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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The chief city of Syria; so called from Damashech, a place of blood, from Damah, blood. Here Paul was directing his course for the destruction of the church when the Lord converted him. (Acts 9:2-6, etc.)

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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Damascus'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​d/damascus.html. London. 1828.
 
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