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GERGESA

Volume 9 · 71 words · 1810 Edition

in Ancient Geography, a Transjordan town, no otherwise known than by the Gergeseni of St Matthew; and Gergezai of Moses; supposed to have stood in the neighbourhood of Gadara and near the sea of Tiberias. The Gergezai, one of the seven ancient people of Canaan, less frequently mentioned than the rest, appear to have been less considerable and more obscure: their name is from Girgash, one of Canaan's sons. See Girgashites.