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Lexicon :: Strong's H1648 - gēršôn

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גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Transliteration
gēršôn
Pronunciation
gay-resh-one'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'; or גֵּרְשׁוֹם Gêrᵉshôwm; from H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite:—Gershon, Gershom.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H1648 in the following manner: Gershon (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H1648 in the following manner: Gershon (17x).
  1. Gershon or Gershom = "exile"

    1. firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob's family went to Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'; or גֵּרְשׁוֹם Gêrᵉshôwm; from H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite:—Gershon, Gershom.
STRONGS H1648: Abbreviations
גֵּרְשׁוֺן proper name, masculine son of Levi (= גרשׁם 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 15:7 גרשׁום 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:56) Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16, 17; Numbers 3:17, 18, 21, 25; Numbers 4:22, 38, 41; Numbers 7:7; Numbers 10:17; Numbers 26:57; Joshua 21:6, 27; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 23:6 (particularly in expression sons of Gershon, i.e. family, descendants of Gershon Numbers 3:25; Numbers 4:22, 38, 41; Numbers 7:7; Numbers 10:17; Joshua 21:6, 27; compare sons of Gershom 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:56; 1 Chronicles 15:7).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

46:11

Exodus

6:16; 6:17

Numbers

3:17; 3:18; 3:21; 3:25; 3:25; 4:22; 4:22; 4:38; 4:38; 4:41; 4:41; 7:7; 7:7; 10:17; 10:17; 26:57

Joshua

21:6; 21:6; 21:27; 21:27

1 Chronicles

6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:28; 6:47; 6:47; 6:56; 6:56; 15:7; 15:7; 23:6

H1648

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1648 matches the Hebrew גֵּרְשׁוֹן (gēršôn),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 -

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 -

These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi lived 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 -

The sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 -

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18 -

These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:21 -

The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 -

The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 -

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral families and their clans.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38 -

The Gershonites were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 -

These were the registered men of the Gershonite clans. At the LORD’s command Moses and Aaron registered everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 -

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 -

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 -

These were the Levites registered by their clans:

the Gershonite clan from Gershon;

the Kohathite clan from Kohath;

the Merarite clan from Merari.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 -

Gershon’s descendants received thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 -

From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans:

Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands ​— ​two cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 -

Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 -

from the Gershomites,[fn] Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives;

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