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G1086

Γερασηνός

Gerasēnos

Adjective · Of Hebrew origin גרגשי (H1622)

Of Hebrew origin (H1622); a Gergesene (i.e. Girgashite) or one of the aborigines of Palestine:—Gergesene.

Outline

  1. Gergesenes = "a stranger drawing near" ?
    1. also called Gadarenes, is assumed to have been located on the eastern shore of Lake Gennesaret

Usages

Matthew 8:28

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

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