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Lexicon :: Strong's H1654 - gešem

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גֶּשֶׁם
Transliteration
gešem
Pronunciation
gheh'-shem
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גֶּשֶׁם Geshem, gheh'-shem; or (prolonged) גַּשְׁמוּ Gashmûw; the same as H1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian:—Geshem, Gashmu.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1654 in the following manner: Geshem (3x), Gashmu (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1654 in the following manner: Geshem (3x), Gashmu (1x).
  1. Geshem or Gashmu = "rain"

    1. an Arabian foe of Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּשֶׁם Geshem, gheh'-shem; or (prolonged) גַּשְׁמוּ Gashmûw; the same as H1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian:—Geshem, Gashmu.
STRONGS H1654: Abbreviations
† I. גֶּ֫שֶׁם proper name, masculine an opponent of Nehemiah Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1 (in both called הָעַרְבִּי); Nehemiah 6:2; also גַּשְׁמוּ Nehemiah 6:6; וּ as in Nabataean proper name compare Nö in EutNab 73.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

2:19; 6:1; 6:2; 6:6

H1654

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1654 matches the Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם (gešem),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 -

When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gap was left in it ​— ​though at that time I had not installed the doors in the city gates ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 -

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of[fn] the Ono Valley.” They were planning to harm me.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 -

In it was written:

It is reported among the nations ​— ​and Geshem[fn] agrees ​— ​that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king

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