Easton: Girgashite

public · engine · 2026-05-19

Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Girgashite) · external_aligned

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.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

Open the interactive card view →
paperclip · vote · add note · share