Gershom
גֵּרְשֹׁםStrong’s H1648gereshom (ge-re-shom)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gereshom is the Hebrew word usually translated “gershon” and “gershom”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
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
How it's translated
- gershon 14
- to gershon 2
- of gershon 1
- gershom 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 10
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Exodus 2
- Joshua 2
- Genesis 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
- Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
- Numbers 3:21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
- Numbers 3:25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
Hebrew dictionary
גֵּרְשֹׁם gereshom · Gershom
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Libni (H3845G) and Shimei (H8096G); also called Gershom at 1Ch.6.16,17,20,43,62,71; 15.7; Another spelling of ge.re.shon (גֵּרְשׁוֹן "Gershon" H1648) § 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.