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HebrewH1617Proper Noun (Masculine)

גֵּרָא

ge.ra

7Occurrences
H1617Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gera, the name of six Israelites

perhaps from H1626 (גֵּרָה); a grain;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Ehud (H0164) § Gera = "a grain" 1) a son of Benjamin 2) a son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin 3) any member of the Gera family of the Benjamite tribe

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גֵּרָא appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
1 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1
Genesis
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:3BSB

The sons of Bela:Addar, Gera, Abihud,

1 Chronicles 8:5BSB

Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

1 Chronicles 8:7BSB

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

1 Kings 2:8BSB

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

2 Samuel 16:5BSB

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.