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גֵּרְשֹׁם

gershom · Gershom

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1647 · appears 13 times in the Bible

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What it means

gershom (גֵּרְשֹׁם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gershom”.

The elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).

How to say it

ger·shom

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.

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Where it appears

  • Exodus 2:22

    She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”

  • Exodus 18:3

    and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”;

  • Judges 18:30

    And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:17

    And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:20

    Of Gershom: Libni, his son; Jahath, his son; Zimmah, his son;

  • 1 Chronicles 6:43

    the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:62

    And to the sons of Gershom, by their families, from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, fell thirteen cities.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:71

    To the sons of Gershom, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;

  • 1 Chronicles 23:15

    The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:16

    The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:24

    Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, was leader over the treasuries.

  • Ezra 8:2

    of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush,