Hebrew word · H1622

גִּרְגָּשִׁי

hagirgashi

Girgashite

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 2
  1. Genesis 10:16 הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי׃ the Girgashite[s]

    the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

  2. Genesis 15:21 הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖י the Girgashite[s]

    Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

Deuteronomy · 1
  1. Deuteronomy 7:1 וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֨י and the Girgashite[s]

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

    Here: 'And the Girgashite.' This is the most obscure group in the list. It is missing from several parallel lists (e.g. Exod 3:8; Deut 20:17).

Joshua · 2
  1. Joshua 3:10 הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י the Girgashite[s]

    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

    Here: The least known people on the list. It appears only in the fuller lists (Gen 10:16; 15:21; Deut 7:1; Josh 24:11). Including it makes the number seven.

  2. Joshua 24:11 וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י and the Girgashite[s]

    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 1:14 הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי׃ the Girgashite[s]

    the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Nehemiah · 1
  1. Nehemiah 9:8 וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖י and the Girgashite[s]

    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

    Here: An obscure people known almost only from these lists; it closes the six-name catalogue.

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