HebrewH1648Proper Noun (Masculine)

גֵּרְשׁוֹן

ge.re.shon

17Occurrences
H1648Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite

or גֵּרְשׁוֹם; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ); a refugee;

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: Levi (H3878); brother of: Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Libni (H3845) and Shimei (H8096); also called Gershom at ; § Gershon or Gershom = "exile" firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob's family went to Egypt

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גֵּרְשׁוֹן appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
10
1 Chronicles
2
Exodus
2
Joshua
2
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:7BSB

from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

Exodus 6:17BSB

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Joshua 21:27BSB

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.

Numbers 3:17BSB

These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Numbers 3:25BSB

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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