Girgashite, Girgasite

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A people established early in Canaan, the origin of whom is not known, except that they were descended from Canaan (Gen. 10:1616And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, (Genesis 10:16); Gen. 15:2121And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. (Genesis 15:21); Deut. 7:11When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; (Deuteronomy 7:1); Josh. 3:1010And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. (Joshua 3:10); Josh. 24:1111And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. (Joshua 24:11); 1 Chron. 1:1414The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, (1 Chronicles 1:14); Neh. 9:88And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: (Nehemiah 9:8)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:
1622 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Transliteration:
Girgashiy
Phonic:
ghir-gaw-shee’
Meaning:
patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation); a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan
KJV Usage:
Girgashite, Girgasite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a stranger drawing near (?)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

One who returns from pilgrimage; dweller in loamy soil:―[GIRGASHITES], Gen. 10:16. {Revertens a peregrinatione}