Gereshom גֵּרְשֹׁם

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Gereshom
גֵּרְשֹׁם
Transliterationgereshom
Strong's numberH1647 (H1647G, H1647H, H1647I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossGershom
Occurrences13 in 13 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (9)

Gereshom (Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם, Strong's H1647) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Gershom”. It occurs 13 times.

Definition

H1647G: Gershom

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.22;
son of: Moses (H4872) and Zipporah (H6855);
brother of: Eliezer (H0461H);
father of: Jonathan (H3083)(?) and Shebuel (H7619)
§ Gershom = "foreigner"
1) firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
2) firstborn son of Levi
3) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

H1647H: Gershom

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;
son of: Levi (H3878);
brother of: Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115);
father of: Libni (H3845G) and Shimei (H8096G); also called Gershom at 1Ch.6.16,17,20,43,62,71; 15.7;
Another spelling of ge.re.shon (גֵּרְשׁוֹן "Gershon" H1648)
§ Gershom = "foreigner"
1) firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
2) firstborn son of Levi
3) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

H1647I: Gershom

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.2
§ Gershom = "foreigner"
1) firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
2) firstborn son of Levi
3) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgershom (14)
BSBgershom (11)

Verses

Every verse with Gereshom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Judges

1 Chronicles

Ezra

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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