גֵּרְשֹׁםGêrᵉshôm
Gereshom, the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation: gay-resh-ome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1647
Meanings
1. son of Moses & Sipporah (Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:15)
2. a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 15:7)
3. a son of Phinehas (Ezra 8:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 2:22 Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 18:3 (Moses’ first son was named Gershom, for Moses had said when the boy was born, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Judges 18:30 Then they set up the carved image, and they appointed Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, as their priest. This family continued as priests for the tribe of Dan until the Exile.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20 The descendants of Gershon included Libni, Jahath, Zimmah,
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).