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גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי

gershuni · Gershonite

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1649 · appears 13 times in the Bible

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What it means

gershuni (גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gershonite”.

A descendant of Gershon, son of Levi.

How to say it

ger·shu·ni

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Someone from the family of Gershon.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Gershonites ×10
  • Gershonite ×3

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Numbers 3:21

    From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

  • Numbers 3:23

    The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the dwelling, on the west side.

  • Numbers 3:24

    And the chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.

  • Numbers 4:24

    This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying loads:

  • Numbers 4:27

    According to the command of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their load and in all their service; and you shall assign to them as a charge all their load.

  • Numbers 4:28

    This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are those counted of the Levites by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Joshua 21:33

    All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasturelands.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:7

    Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:21

    The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonite belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:8

    Whoever had stones gave them to the treasury of the house of YHWH, under the direction of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:12

    Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

And 1 more times.