Γεθσημασεί G1068
Gethsemane, a garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed before His arrest
This place name, from Hebrew/Aramaic meaning 'oil press' or 'olive press,' identifies the garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus retreated to pray the night before His crucifixion. The site likely contained an olive press, giving it its name. Though John 18:1 calls it a 'garden' without naming it, Matthew and Mark specifically name it Gethsemane (Matt 26:36; Mark 14:32). This place became the scene of Jesus's agonized prayer, His acceptance of the cup of suffering, and His arrest. The name evokes one of Scripture's most profound moments: the Son of God submitting to the Father's will while His disciples slept nearby.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Matthew 26:36 records Jesus coming 'to a place called Gethsemane' and telling His disciples to sit while He prays. Mark 14:32 uses nearly identical language: 'they came to a place which was named Gethsemane.' Spanish 'Getsemaní/Getsemaní', French 'Gethsémané', and German 'Gethsemane/Γεθσημανί' show slight spelling variation in transliterating the Aramaic. Both Gospel accounts name this specific location where Jesus's passion narrative intensifies from anticipation to reality. The garden's name, meaning oil press, carries symbolic resonance: as olives were crushed to produce oil, so the Messiah was 'pressed' under the weight of humanity's sin in this very place. 2×
AR["جَثْسَيْمَانِي", "جَثْسِيمَانِي"]·ben["গেৎশিমানী"]·DE["Gethsemane", "Γεθσημανὶ"]·EN["Gethsēmani"]·FR["Gethsémané"]·heb["גַּת-שְׁמָנֵי", "גַּתְשְׁמָנֵי"]·HI["गतसमनी"]·ID["Getsemani"]·IT["Getsemani"]·jav["Gètsemané", "Gètsémani"]·KO["겟세마네", "겟세마네이다"]·PT["Getsêmani"]·RU["Гефсимания"]·ES["Gethsemaní", "Gethsēmaní"]·SW["Gethsēmani"]·TR["Getsemani"]·urd["گتسمنی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Γεθσημασεί (Rec. -νῆ, LTr. -νεῖ) indecl. (Heb. גֵּת שְׁמָנִי, oil-press), Gethsemane: called in Jhn.18:1 a κῆπος, but named only in Mat.26:36, Mrk.14:32.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)