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  • proper noun biblical The people who inhabited Gadara or Gergesa - Plural form of Gergesene.

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Examples

  • And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Gadarene, another coming from some other place than the country of Gadara, namely, from some place in the country of the Gergesenes.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • We say the region of the Gergesenes was of broader extent and signification than the region of the Gadarenes was, and that the region of the Gadarenes was included within it.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • And, which ought not to be passed over without observation, Mark and Luke, who call it the country of the Gadarenes, make mention only of one possessed person; but Matthew, who calls it the country of the Gergesenes, speaks of two.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • So also Luke: But Matthew, into the country of the Gergesenes.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Gadara had jurisdiction over the region of Khersa; the names "Gerasenes" and "Gergesenes" may be derived directly and independently from Khersa, or may be corruptions due to the obscurity of Khersa.

    The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

  • _The country of the Gerasenes, Gadarenes, or Gergesenes_.

    The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

  • Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    New Etext of Bible [King James Version]

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