Γεθσημανῆ
Gethsēmanē
Gethsemane
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredGethsēmanē (Strong's G1068) is a Greek word that functions as a proper name for a person, referencing a specific individual. Its occurrences in the Bible are limited to just two instances. Given its semantic domain, Gethsēmanē likely corresponds to an actual person or name mentioned within the biblical context. Without further information, it is unclear what specific role or significance this person holds within the scope of the biblical narrative. However, being mentioned only twice suggests that this individual might hold some relatively minor or contextual importance in the larger story. One possible approach to understanding Gethsēmanē is to examine its etymological or contextual connections to more established concepts within the narrative, but with only two occurrences, this remains speculative for now.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text