Person of Interest

    Girgasite

    meaning: 

    1



Dictionary Summary:Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan ([Gen. 10:16](/gen#Gen.10.16)), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time of the Israelites ([Gen. 15:21](/gen#Gen.15.21); [Deut. 7:1](/deut#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. 2


Father

    Canaan

    meaning: merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues

    1

Siblings

    Amorite

    meaning: bitter; a rebel; a babbler

    1

    Arkite

    meaning: 

    1

    Arvadite

    meaning: 

    1

    Jebusite

    meaning: 

    1

    Hamathite

    meaning: 

    1

    Heth

    meaning: trembling; fear

    1

    Hivite

    meaning: 

    1

    Zidon

    meaning: hunting; fishing; venison

    1

    Sinite

    meaning: 

    1

    Zemarite

    meaning: 

    1


Cross References
BookCross-References
Gen
    10.16 
1Chr
    1.14 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.