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Gadara

ΓαδαρηνόςStrong’s G1086

Gadarēnos

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Gadarēnos is the Greek word usually translated “gerasenes”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.”
Mark 5:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “gerasenes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • gerasenes 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

Γαδαρηνός Gadarēnos · Gadara

Γαδαρηνός, -ή, -όν (Γαδαρά, Gadara, the capital of Peræa), Gadarene, of Gadara: Mat.8:28 (Rec. Γεργεσηνῶν), Mrk.5:1, Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν), Luk.8:26, 37 Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.