Lexical Summary Gadarēnos: of Gadara, Gadarene Original Word: ΓαδαρηνόςTransliteration: Gadarēnos Phonetic Spelling: (gad-ar-ay-nos') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: of Gadara, Gadarene Meaning: of Gadara -- Gadarene Strong's Concordance Gadarene. From Gadara (a town east of the Jordan); a Gadarene or inhabitant of Gadara -- Gadarene. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1046: ΓαδαρηνόςΓαδαρηνός, Γαδαρηνη, Γαδαρηνον (from the proper name Γαδαρα; cf. the adjective Ἀβιληνή, Μαγδαληνή), of Gadara, a Gadarene. Gadara was the capital of Peraea (Josephus, b. j. 4, 7, 3), situated opposite the southern extremity of the Lake of Gennesaret to the southeast, but at some distance from the lake on the banks of the river Hieromax (Pliny, h. n. 5, 16), 60 stadia from the city Tiberias (Josephus, Vita65), inhabited chiefly by Gentiles (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 11, 4); cf. Winers RWB under the word Gadara; Rüetschi in Herzog iv., p. 636f; Kneucker in Schenkel ii. 313f; Riehm, HWB, p. 454; (BB. DD. under the word). χώρα τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν the country of the Gadarenes, Gadaris: Mark 5:1 Rec.; Luke 8:26 Rec., 37 R G (but here ἡ περίχωρος τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν), and in Matthew 8:28 T Tr WH; but the manuscripts differ in these passages; see Γερασηνοι and Γεργεσηνοι. |
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