גֵּרְשׁוֹן
ge.re.shon
“Gershon”
Definition
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
or גֵּרְשׁוֹם; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ); a refugee;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
גֵּרְשׁוֹן appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
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