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Strong G10862 sensesΓερασηνός

Gerasene · Gergasene

Transliteration
Gergesēnos
Pronunciation
gher-ghes-ay-nos'

Meaning of the name

Gergasene, "from Gergasa"

The 2 senses of Strong G1086

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G1086 appears in 1 verse of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. GeraseneG1086GRegion where Jesus healed a demon-possessed manNot in the KJV
  2. GergaseneΓεργεσηνόςG1086HRegion where Jesus healed a demon-possessed manNot in the KJV

General definition

Of Hebrew origin [H1622]; a Gergesene (that is Girgashite) or one of the aborigines of Palestine: - Gergesene.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • gergesenes1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:28
    And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.