Girgashite

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noun

A member of a certain group of descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Canaan.

OriginEcclesiastical Latin Gergeseum ← Ancient Greek Γεργεσαῖον ← Biblical Hebrew גִּרְגָּשִׁי →
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Meanings

nounGirgashite (plural Girgashites)

plural Girgashites · alternative Girgasite

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

    And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewגִּרְגָּשִׁי
  2. Ancient GreekΓεργεσαῖον
  3. Ecclesiastical LatinGergeseum
  4. EnglishGirgashite

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

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Girgashite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Girgashite

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Chicago

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