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Lexicon :: Strong's H1653 - gešem

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גֶּשֶׁם
Transliteration
gešem
Pronunciation
gheh'-shem
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 389a

Strong’s Definitions

גֶּשֶׁם geshem, gheh'-shem; from H1652; a shower:—rain, shower.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H1653 in the following manner: rain (31x), shower (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H1653 in the following manner: rain (31x), shower (4x).

  1. rain, shower

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּשֶׁם geshem, gheh'-shem; from H1652; a shower:—rain, shower.
STRONGS H1653: Abbreviations
† II. גֶּ֫שֶׁם noun masculineGenesis 7:12 rain, shower (Late Hebrew id., connected with above √ dubious) — absolute ג׳ Genesis 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1 Kings 18:41 +; construct גֶּשֶׁם Job 37:6 (twice in verse) +; plural גְּשָׁמִים Ezekiel 10:9,13; construct גִּשְׁמֵי Ezekiel 34:26; suffix גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:4; גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם Psalm 105:32; — rain, shower Genesis 7:12; Genesis 8:2 (both J) Leviticus 26:4 (H) Hosea 6:3; Amos 4:7; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:4; Isaiah 44:14; Isaiah 55:10; Ezekiel 1:28; Joel 2:23 (|| מוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); 1 Kings 17:7,14; 1 Kings 18:45 (ג׳ גדול) 2 Kings 3:17; Proverbs 25:14,23; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Songs 2:11; Psalm 105:32, וּמֵהַגּ׳ Ezra 10:9 and because of the rains, compare Ezra 10:13; קוֺל הֲמוֺן הַגּ׳ 1 Kings 18:41 compare 1 Kings 18:44; Zechariah 14:17; Ecclesiastes 12:2; גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ מָטָ֑ר וְג׳ Job 37:6; מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם Zechariah 10:1; compare נְדָבוֺת ג׳ Psalm 68:10; figurative of blessing Ezekiel 34:26, בְּרָכָה ג׳ Ezekiel 34:26; of destruction שֹׁטֵף ג׳ Ezekiel 13:11,13; compare Ezekiel 38:22.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1655.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:12; 7:12; 7:12; 8:2

Leviticus

26:4; 26:4

1 Kings

17:7; 17:14; 18:41; 18:41; 18:44; 18:45

2 Kings

3:17

Ezra

10:9; 10:13

Job

37:6; 37:6

Psalms

68:10; 105:32; 105:32

Proverbs

25:14; 25:23

Ecclesiastes

11:3; 12:2

Song of Songs

2:11

Isaiah

44:14; 55:10

Jeremiah

5:24; 14:4

Ezekiel

1:28; 10:9; 10:13; 13:11; 13:13; 34:26; 34:26; 34:26; 38:22

Hosea

6:3

Joel

2:23

Amos

4:7

Zechariah

10:1; 14:17

H1653

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1653 matches the Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם (gešem),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12 - And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - And it came to pass after [fn]some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not [fn]diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the [fn]coming of rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot [fn]brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, Make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water, and ye, and your [fn]flocks, and your cattle shall drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - So all the men of Juda and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. This was the ninth month: on the twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and because of the storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people is numerous, and the season is stormy, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is more than enough for one day or for two; for we have greatly sinned in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - (LXX 67:10) O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32 - (LXX 104:32) He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - As winds and clouds and rains are most evident objects, so is he that boasts of a false gift.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, even a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and [fn] give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfilment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved it for us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of the brightness round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - Say to them that plaster it, It shall fall; and there shall be a flooding rain; and I will send great stones upon their joinings, and they shall fall; and there shall be a sweeping wind, and it shall be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; I will even cause to burst forth a sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in my wrath; and in my fury I will bring on great stones for complete destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And I will judge him with pestilence, and blood, and sweeping rain, and hailstones; and I will rain upon him fire and brimstone, and upon all that are with him, and upon many nations with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Sion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food [fn]fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them [fn]abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it shall come to pass, that whosoever of all the families of the earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even these shall be added to the others.
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