Strong G1046Γαδαρηνός
Gadara
- Transliteration
- Gadarēnos
- Pronunciation
- gad-ar-ay-nos'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
From Γαδαρά Gadara (a town East of the Jordan); a Gadarene or inhabitant of Gadara: - Gadarene.
Meaning of the name
Gadarene, "from Gadara"
Detailed definition
Γαδαρηνός, -ή, -όν
(Γαδαρά, Gadara, the capital of Peræa),
Gadarene, of Gadara: Mat.8:28 (Rec. Γεργεσηνῶν), Mrk.5:1, Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν), Luk.8:26, 37 Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν).†
(AS)
(Γαδαρά, Gadara, the capital of Peræa),
Gadarene, of Gadara: Mat.8:28 (Rec. Γεργεσηνῶν), Mrk.5:1, Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν), Luk.8:26, 37 Rec. (Edd., Γερασηνῶν).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Gerasa
Region where Jesus healed a demon-possessed man
Gerasa (or Gadara), a region southeast of the Sea of Galilee, was the location where Jesus healed a demon-possessed man.
In the Bible
Strong G1046 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gadarenes3
First verses
- Mark 5:1And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
- Luke 8:26And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
- Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.