Gethsemane
Gethsemane proper n
L. < Gk < Aramaic gath shemani, oil-press.
- Garden on the Mount of Olives; place where Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of mankind; place in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed and arrested; (see Matthew 26:36).
- Scene of agony; circumstance of unimaginable pain; situation of extreme anguish.