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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 - and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a shower on the face of the ground.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk -- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - but the people are many, and it is the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32 - He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire is in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth it for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so is the appearance of the brightness round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - Say to those daubing with chalk -- It falleth, There hath been an overflowing shower, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth rend,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have rent with a tempestuous wind in My fury, And an overflowing shower is in Mine anger, And hailstones in My fury -- to consume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And I have been judged with him, With pestilence and with blood, And an overflowing rain and hailstones, Fire and brimstone I rain on him, and on his bands, And on many peoples who are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain in showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
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