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Girgashite

גִּרְגָּשִׁיStrong’s H1622

girgashi (gir-ga-shi)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Girgashi is the Hebrew word usually translated “girgashite”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,”
Genesis 10:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone descended from Girgas(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called in KJV: Girgasite
How it's translated
  • the girgashite 4
  • and the girgashite 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 2
  • Joshua 2
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Nehemiah 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גִּרְגָּשִׁי girgashi · Girgashite

Someone descended from Girgas(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called in KJV: Girgasite; § Girgashite or Girgasite = "dwelling on a clayey soil" descendants of Canaan and one of the nations living east of the sea of Galilee when the Israelites entered the promised land

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

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