Gethsemane

[geth-sem-uh-nee]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a garden east of Jerusalem, near the brook of Kedron: scene of Jesus' agony and betrayal.

2. gethsemane, a scene or occasion of suffering; calvary.

Gethsemane

/ ɡɛθˈsɛmənɪ /

noun

1. New Testament the garden in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed on the night before his Crucifixion (Matthew 26:36–56)

Other Word Forms

• Gethsemanic adjective
• gethsemanic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gethsemane¹

From Late Latin Gethsēmani, from Greek Gethsēmaní, probably from assumed Aramaic gadh shĕmānē, from Hebrew gath shĕmānīm “oil press”

Example Sentences

In “Gethsemane,” the path of suffering becomes clear, and Erivo’s transcendence was all the more worshipped by the audience for being painfully achieved.

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Both clergymembers lead a church — The Gethsemane Church of Christ and Oasis Church, respectively — that condemns homosexuality and transgender identity in the belief statements on their websites.

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It has included "homosexual behavior" and "bisexual conduct" in a list of acts it considers sexually immoral, "sinful and offensive to God" and has stated that it's "imperative that all persons employed by Gethsemane Church of Christ in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality."

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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.

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The show’s straightforward plot trajectory is neatly summed up in a dismal couplet in the lament “Gethsemane,” in which Jesus finally resigns himself to his fate: “Then, I was inspired / Now I’m sad and tired.”

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