H1622 - גִּרְגָּשִׁי (Girgâshîy)

H1622 גִּרְגָּשִׁי (Girgâshîy) ghir-gaw-shee'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation); a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan

KJV Usage: Girgashite, Girgasite

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גִּרְגָּשִׁי (gir.ga.shi) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גִּרְגָּשִׁי (H1622)

adj

Names of Groups

Girgashite = member of ethnic group; ◄ original inhabitants of Canaan

GEN 10:16 · GEN 15:21 · DEU 7:1 · JOS 3:10 · JOS 24:11 · 1CH 1:14 · NEH 9:8

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גִּרְגָּשִׁי adj.gent. ‘begotten’ by Canaan base