Gershom
גֵּרְשֹׁםStrong’s H1647gereshom (ge-re-shom)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gereshom is the Hebrew word usually translated “gershom”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.”
Meaning
- Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
- Firstborn son of Levi
- A son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra
- Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
- Firstborn son of Levi
- A son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra
How it's translated
- gershom 12
- of gershom 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 9
- Exodus 2
- Judges 1
- Ezra 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 18:3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
- Judges 18:30And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Hebrew dictionary
גֵּרְשֹׁם gereshom · 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
גֵּרְשֹׁם gereshom · 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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.