G1086 – Gergesenos – Γεργεσηνός Gergesene

Strong’s ID:
G1086
Greek Word:
Γεργεσηνός
Transliteration:
Gergesenos
Pronunciation:
gher-ghes-ay-nos’
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage Count:
1
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Find “Gergesenos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

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

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

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

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.