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• Garden of Gethsemane — …   Useful english dictionary

• Gethsemane — (Greek ΓεσΘημανι, Gesthēmani Hebrew: גת שמנים , from Aramaic גת שמנא, Gat Šmānê , lit. oil press ) is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem believed to be the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before the… …   Wikipedia

• gethsemane — gethˈsemənē, ni noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem where Christ was arrested (Mt 26), from Greek Gethsēmanē, Gethsēmanei : a place or occasion of great especially… …   Useful english dictionary

• garden — References in the OT (e.g. Jer. 29:5; S. of S. 4:12–16) show that gardens were both productive and also much valued. The garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32; cf. John 18:1), where Jesus prayed before his arrest, is designated simply ‘a garden’ by… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Gethsemane (disambiguation) — Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem believed to be the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before the crucifixion.It may also refer to:*Gethsemane (The X Files) * Gethsemane , a song by… …   Wikipedia

• Gethsemane — name of a garden on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem [Matt. xxvi:36 46], from Gk. Gethsemane, from Aramaic gath shemani(m) oil press …   Etymology dictionary

• Gethsemane — [geth sem′ə nē] n. [Gr Gethsēmanē < Aram gat shemanin, lit., oil press: ? because such a press was located there] 1. Bible a garden on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, scene of the agony, betrayal, and arrest of Jesus: Matt. 26:36 2.… …   English World dictionary

• Gethsemane — Gethsemanic, gethsemanic /geth seuh man ik/, adj. /geth sem euh nee/, n. 1. a garden east of Jerusalem, near the brook of Kedron: scene of Jesus agony and betrayal. Matt. 26:36. 2. (l.c.) a scene or occasion of suffering; calvary. * * * Garden… …   Universalium

• Gethsemane —    Oil press, the name of an olive yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke 22:39) with his disciples, and which is specially memorable as being the scene of his agony (Mark 14:32; John 18:1; Luke 22:44).… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Gethsemane — noun Etymology: Greek Gethsēmanē Date: circa 1534 1. the garden outside Jerusalem mentioned in Mark 14 as the scene of the agony and arrest of Jesus 2. a place or occasion of great mental or spiritual suffering …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Gethsemane — The name (meaning ‘oil press’) of the garden where Jesus prayed in agony before his arrest (Mark 14:32) and located by John [[➝ John the Apostle]] (who does not give the name) across the Kidron valley on the western side of the Mount of Olives.… …   Dictionary of the Bible