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Girgashite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1622

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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H567

אֱמֹרִי

e.mo.ri — Amorite

Someone descended from Amor(?), first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Amorite = "a sayer" one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2850

חִתִּי

chit.ti — Hittite

Someone descended from Heth who was a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently Group of chet (חֵת "Heth" H2845) § Hittite = "descendant of Heth" the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2983

יְבוּסִי

ye.vu.si — Jebusite

Someone descended from Jebus(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Jebusite = "descendants of Jebus" descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2340

חִוִּי

chiv.vi — Hivite

Someone descended from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Hivite = "villagers" 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6721

צִידוֹן

tsi.don — Sidon

A man of the Canaanites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Sidon = "hunting" ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2845

חֵת

chet — Heth

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently Also named: chit.ti (חִתִּי "Hittite" H2850) § Heth = "terror" a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2577

חֲמָתִי

cha.ma.ti — Hamathite

Someone descended from Hamath(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.18; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721) and Zemarite (H6786) § Hamathite , of Hamath one of the families descended from Canaan

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5513

סִינִי

si.ni — Sinite

Someone descended from Sin(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Sinite, of Sin "thorn" or "clay" a tribe of the Canaanites descended from Canaan inhabiting the northern part of the Lebanon district

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6208

עַרְקִי

ar.qi — Arkite

Someone descended from Arak(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Arkite, of Arki "gnawing" an inhabitant of Arki or Arka

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6786

צְמָרִי

tse.ma.ri — Zemarite

Someone descended from Zemar(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.18; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721) and Hamathite (H2577) § Zemarite, of Zemar "double woolens" one of the Hamite tribes descended from Canaan and inhabitants of an unknown Canaanite city

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H721

אַרְוָדִי

ar.va.di — Arvadite

Someone descended from Arvad(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.18; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Arvadites = "I shall break loose" the descendants of Arvad, a son of Canaan

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Historical dictionary entry

Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Gen. 10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites (Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1). They were a branch of the great family of the Hivites. Of their geographical position nothing is certainly known. Probably they lived somewhere in the central part of Western Palestine.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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