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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).
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 - The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18 - And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:21 - To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 - “Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses and by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38 - Those listed of the sons of Gershon, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - This was the list of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 - And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - [fn] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers;
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