noun · neuter
gethsēmani
GreekΓεθσημανί (gethsēmani)
Strong’sG1068
Gethsemane
stem gethsēmani-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Γεθσημασεί (Rec. -νῆ, LTr. -νεῖ) indecl. (Heb. גֵּת שְׁמָנִי, oil-press),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1068 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgheth-say-man-ay'
oil-press; Gethsemane, a garden near Jerusalem
Fromof Chaldee origin (compare and );
King JamesGethsemane.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | gethsēmani1×Γεθσημανί | gethsēmani |
| of, belonging to genitive | gethsēmani | gethsēmani |
| to, for dative | gethsēmani | gethsēmani |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
gethsēmani“Gethsemane”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Mark 14:32“Gethsemane”Kai erchelō eis chōriem heu tem onomem Gethsēmani, kai legatō toi mathētoi autou; Kathizavar hōde heōs proseuchemeia.Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
Gethsēmani1×
Matthew 26:36“Gethsemane”Tote erchetō meta autoiu tos Iēsus eis chōriem legirōtem Gethsēmani, kai legatō toi mathētoi; Kathizavar autou heōs hou apercharatos ekei proseuchemeia.Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”