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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem[fn] also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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