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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 Box Gen 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12 - The rain was on the eretz forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - Eliyah said to Ach'av, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It happened at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. He said, Go up, tell Ach'av, Make ready your chariot, and get you down, that the rain not stop you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ach'av rode, and went to Yizre`el:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - For thus says the LORD, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Then all the men of Yehudah and Binyamin gathered themselves together to Yerushalayim within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the eretz;' Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32 - He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - As clouds and wind without rain, So is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the eretz; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the eretz, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the eretz."

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - "Be glad then, you children of Tziyon, And rejoice in the LORD, your God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain, As before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - "I also have withheld the rain from you, When there were yet three months to the harvest; And I caused it to rain on one city, And caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, And the piece where it didn't rain withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, The LORD who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - It will be, that whoever of all the families of the eretz doesn't go up to Yerushalayim to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, on them there will be no rain.
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