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Lexicon :: Strong's H1647 - gēršōm

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גֵּרְשֹׁם
Transliteration
gēršōm
Pronunciation
gay-resh-ome'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גֵּרְשֹׁם Gêrᵉshôm, gay-resh-ome'; for H1648; Gereshom, the name of four Israelites:—Gershom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H1647 in the following manner: Gershom (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H1647 in the following manner: Gershom (14x).

  1. Gershom = "foreigner"

    1. firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah

    2. firstborn son of Levi

    3. a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּרְשֹׁם Gêrᵉshôm, gay-resh-ome'; for H1648; Gereshom, the name of four Israelites:—Gershom.
STRONGS H1647: Abbreviations
† גֵּרְשֹׁם proper name, masculine.
1. son of Moses & Sipporah Exodus 2:22 (explanation as if from גור) = Exodus 18:3; גֵּרְשׁוֺם 1 Chronicles 23:15, 16; 1 Chronicles 26:24; so also גֵּרְשֹׁם Judges 18:30 MT בֶּןֿ מְנַשֶּׁה compare VB.
2. a son of Levi גֵּרְשֹׁם 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 15:7 (compare גֵּרְשׁוֺן); גֵּרְשׁוֺם 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:56.
3. a son of Phinehas Ezra 8:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:22; 18:3

Judges

18:30

1 Chronicles

6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:28; 6:47; 6:56; 15:7; 23:15; 23:16; 26:24

Ezra

8:2

H1647

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1647 matches the Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gēršōm),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[fn] saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - and her two sons. One son was named Gershom,[fn] for Moses said, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land”;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses,[fn] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - The sons of Levi: Gershon,[fn] Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:17 - These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:20 - Of Gershon: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:71

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71 - The Gershonites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:15 - The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:16 - The descendants of Gershom: Shubael was the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - Shubael, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the official in charge of the treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:2 - of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, Hattush
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