Geshem
גֶּ֫שֶׁםStrong’s H1654geshem (ge-shem)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geshem is the Hebrew word usually translated “geshem” and “gashmu”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.19
How it's translated
- and geshem 2
- and by geshem 1
- and gashmu 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 6:1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
- Nehemiah 6:2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
- Nehemiah 6:6Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
Hebrew dictionary
גֶּ֫שֶׁם geshem · Geshem
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.19 § Geshem or Gashmu = "rain" an Arabian foe of Nehemiah
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.