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Girgashite

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

A "son" of Canaan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᎦᏏ (agagasi) — member of the tribe
  • Ndonga: Omugirgashi class 1 — member of the tribe
  • Tumbuka: muGirigashi — member of the tribe