ΓΑΔΑΡΑ, γαδαρα
GADARA, gadara
Sounds Like: GA-da-ra
Translations: Gadara
From the root: ΓΑΔΑΡΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Gadara was an ancient city in the Roman Decapolis, located southeast of the Sea of Galilee. It was known for its hot springs and was a center of Greek culture. In the New Testament, it is mentioned in connection with Jesus' ministry, specifically the healing of demon-possessed men.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1045 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 12:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 3:136
- Book 13 — 13:356, 13:375, 15:396
- Book 14 — 4:75
- Book 15 — 7:217, 10:354
- Book 17 — 11:320
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΔΑΡΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΔΑΡΑΘΕΙΕΙΜ — Gadara, Gadarenes
- ΓΑΔΑΡΕΙ — Gadarene, a Gadarene, of Gadara, a man of Gadara
- ΓΑΔΑΡΙΤΙΔΟΣ — of Gadara, Gadarene
- ΓΑΔΑΡΟΙΣ — Gadara, to Gadara
- ΓΑΔΑΡΩΝ — of Gadara, of the Gadarenes
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