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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Girgashite

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Girgashite

Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Genesis 10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Genesis 15:21; Deuteronomy 7:1). They were a branch of the great family of the Hivites. Of their geographical position nothing is certainly known. Probably they lived somewhere in the central part of Western Palestine.


Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Girgashite

who arrives from pilgrimage


Naves Topical Index
Girgashites

Land of, given to Abraham and his descendants
Genesis 15:21; Deuteronomy 7:1; Joshua 3:10; Nehemiah 9:8

Delivered to the children of Israel
Joshua 24:11


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Girgashites

(dwelling on a clayey soil), The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan east of the Sea of Galilee before the entrance thither of the children of Isr'l. (Genesis 10:16; 15:21; 7:1)