English Explanatory Dictionary

Girgashite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a certain group of descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Canaan.
  2. A "son" of Canaan.

Word forms

Girgashite Girgashites Girgasite

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Gergeseum, from Ancient Greek Γεργεσαῖον (Gergesaîon), from Biblical Hebrew גִּרְגָּשִׁי (girgāšî). Further etymology is unknown.

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