Damaskenos identifies people as Damascenes, the inhabitants of Damascus, in the account of a guarded city.

The attested form identifies the people of Damascus: in 2 Corinthians 11:32 it occurs in the phrase concerning the city’s inhabitants while the governor guards the city.

1. People identified with Damascus · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 11:32, the genitive plural masculine form occurs with the city’s inhabitants in the account of the governor guarding the city. The APB renders the clause “was guarding the city of the Damascenes,” confirming a people-designation connected with Damascus.

   2 Corinthians 11:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:32, the APB presents the term in “the city of the Damascenes.” This wording is treated as the clause’s presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalent.