How to Pronounce Gergesa
GER-geh-sah
Gergesa is pronounced GER-geh-sah: three syllables, stress on the first.
What is Gergesa?
=Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, “over against Galilee,” close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. “From the base of the great plateau of Bashan, 2,000 feet or more overhead, the ground slopes down steeply, in places precipitously, to the shore. And at the foot of the declivity a bold spur runs out to the water’s edge. By it the frantic swine would rush on headlong into the lake and perish.” Porter’s Through Samaria. (See GADARA.)
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.