HebrewH1647Proper Noun (Masculine)

גֵּרְשֹׁם

ge.re.shom

7Occurrences
H1647Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gereshom, the name of four Israelites

for H1648 (גֵּרְשׁוֹן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; 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 ) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גֵּרְשֹׁם appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
Exodus
2
Ezra
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 23:15BSB

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chronicles 23:16BSB

The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.

1 Chronicles 26:24BSB

Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.

Exodus 18:3BSB

along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

Exodus 2:22BSB

And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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