Definition

Damascus, a city of Syria

Etymology

or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin;

How the KJV renders it

• Damascus

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.