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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.

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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 were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18 - These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 - “Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38 - The Gershonites were counted by their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - This was the total of those in the Gershonite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the LORD’s command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 - Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - from the descendants of Gershon,[fn] Joel the leader and 130 relatives;
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