Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

girgashite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gir-gashite
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a certain group of descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Canaan.

noun

A "son" of Canaan.

Example Sentences

"And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad."

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Gergeseum, from Ancient Greek Γεργεσαῖον (Gergesaîon), from Biblical Hebrew גִּרְגָּשִׁי (girgāšî). Further etymology is unknown.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Gergeseum, Γεργεσαῖον, גִּרְגָּשִׁי

Inflected Forms

Girgashites (plural) Girgasite (alternative)

Questions

What does girgashite mean?: A member of a certain group of descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Canaan.
Where does girgashite come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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