Gethsemane
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a garden east of Jerusalem, near the brook of Kedron: scene of Jesus' agony and betrayal.
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gethsemane, a scene or occasion of suffering; calvary.
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Etymology
Origin of Gethsemane
From Late Latin Gethsēmani, from Greek Gethsēmaní, probably from assumed Aramaic gadh shĕmānē, from Hebrew gath shĕmānīm “oil press”
Example Sentences
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He painted hundreds, murals of a jungle and of the Garden of Gethsemane at the old Clifton’s cafeteria, five panels of L.A. history at the Rosslyn Hotel — now, predictably, covered up, damaged, destroyed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
They broke their fasts to a soundtrack of car horns, distant chants from the mosque and, later, faint choral melodies wafting from the basilica at Gethsemane.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
But according to most theologians, that "crushing" and "bruising" happens in the New Testament, and the encounter begins in another garden, the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus is betrayed and arrested.
From Fox News ● Feb. 14, 2022
Pence is a devout Christian, and he is surely intimately familiar with Jesus’ prayers in the garden of Gethsemane.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2022
And now came the time of Francie’s Gethsemane.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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