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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages[fn] in the plain of Ono.
But I realized they were plotting to harm me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem[fn] tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.
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