גֵּרָאGêrâʼ
Gera, the name of six Israelites
Pronunciation: gay-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1617
Meanings
proper name, masculine: son of Benjamin, designation of a Benjamite family or clan (Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38-40; 1 Chronicles 8:3; 1 Chronicles 8:5; 1 Chronicles 8:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 46:21 Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Judges 3:15 But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
- 2 Samuel 16:5 As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, from the same clan as Saul’s family.
- 2 Samuel 19:16 Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin, hurried across with the men of Judah to welcome King David.
- 2 Samuel 19:18 They crossed the shallows of the Jordan to bring the king’s household across the river, helping him in every way they could. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him.
- 1 Kings 2:8 “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the Lord that I would not kill him.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).