Girgashite
Transliteration:
gir.ga.shi
Morphhology:
Proper Name Noun Gentilic Person
Definition:
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 (
h567), Hivite (
h2340), Arkite (
h6208), Sinite (
h5513), Arvadite (
h721), 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
Transliteration:
Girgâshîy
Pronounciation:
ghir-gaw-shee'
Definition:
a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan; Girgashite, Girgasite.; patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation)