Gershom
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GERSHOM

gur'-shom (gereshom, from garash, "to cast out"; explained, however, in Exodus 2:22 and 18:3 as from gur, "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"):

(1) Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The only details of his life contained in the Pentateuch are the account of his circumcision (Exodus 4:25), and his remaining under the care of Jethro, while Moses was in Egypt leading the Exodus. His descendants were numbered among the tribes of Levi (1 Chronicles 23:14). One of them apparently was the Jonathan who officiated as priest of the idolatrous sanctuary at Dan, and whose descendants held the office until the captivity. The Massoretic Text inserts a suspended nun, "n," in the name of Moses (mosheh), causing it to be lead Manasseh, for the purpose, according to tradition, of disguising the name out of respect for the revered Lawgiver. Another descendant described as a "son" was Shebuel, a ruler over the treasuries of David.

(2) A son of Levi, so called in 1 Chronicles 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 12, 71 (Hebrew 1, 2, 5, 28, 47, 56); 15:07; elsewhere GERSHON (which see).

(3) A descendant of Phinehas, the head of a father's house, who journeyed with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 8:2).

Ella Davis Isaacs

Strong's Hebrew
1647. Gereshom -- three Israelites
... Gereshom. 1648 . three Israelites. Transliteration: Gereshom Phonetic Spelling:
(gay-resh-ome') Short Definition: Gershom. ... NASB Word Usage Gershom (14). Gershom ...
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1648. Gereshon -- a son of Levi
... Gershon, Gershom. Or Gershowm {gay-resh-ome'}; from garash; a refugee; Gereshon
or Gereshom, an Israelite -- Gershon, Gershom. see HEBREW garash. 1647, 1648. ...
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Library

Gershom and Eliezer
... THE BOOK OF EXODUS GERSHOM AND ELIEZER. 'The name of the one [of Moses' sons] was
Gershom ... and the name of the other was Eliezer....'Exodus 18:3, 4. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/gershom and eliezer.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture
... THE BREAD OF GOD. JEHOVAH NISSI. GERSHOM AND ELIEZER. THE IDEAL STATESMAN [Footnote:
Preached on occasion of Mr. Gladstone's death.]. THE DECALOGUE: I--MAN AND ...
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Receiving Agents.
... Norwich, John Hyde, PM Bozrahville, Alfred Holt. Stonington, William W.
Rodman. Fairfield, Gershom Sturges. Litchfield, SS Smith. ...
/.../leland/the national preacher vol 2 no 7 dec 1827/receiving agents.htm

Letter P
... Andrew "Received 1828, Located 1836 * Peake, Joel "Received 1837 * Peal, James Griggs,
"Received 1818, Died 1822 * Pearce, Gershom "Received 1803 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter p.htm

Contents
... MARAH (Exodus 15:23-25). THE BREAD OF GOD (Exodus 16:4-12). JEHOVAH NISSI (Exodus
17:15). GERSHOM AND ELIEZER (Exodus 18:3, 4). THE IDEAL STATESMAN (Exodus 18:21 ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/contents 2.htm

The Boyhood and Training of Moses
... made his home with the man; and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to
be his wife. She had a son, and Moses named him Gershom. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the boyhood and training of.htm

Letter B
... 1834 * Bellah Morgan "Received 1833 * Bellamy, William "Received 1791, Located 1796 *
Belton, Samuel "Received 1818 * Benedict, Gershom "Received 1831 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter b.htm

Letter C
... Located 1805 * Cowles, Henry B. "Received 1831 * Cowles, Samuel "Received 1790,
Located 1806 * Cox, Daniel "Received 1829 * Cox, Gershom F. "Received ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter c.htm

Chapter xlvi
... ppears as "Nemuel." "Jachin" has the parallel form in Chron. of "Jarib." "Zohar"
appears as "Zerah." "Gershon" (v.11) has the parallel "Gershom" (I Chron.). ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlvi.htm

Name Date No.
... Thomas 1815-1843 165 Williams, Bishop Gershom Mott 1857- 345 Williams, Helen Maria
1762-1827 35 Williams, Rev. Isaac 1802-1865 122, 509 Williams, Rev. ...
/.../name date no a abelard.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gershom

a stranger here

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gershom

(a stranger or exile).

  1. The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:22; 18:3) (B.C. 1530.)
  2. The form under which the name GERSHON--the eldest son of Levi--is given in several passages of Chronicles, viz., (1 Chronicles 6:16,17,20,43,62,71; 15:7)
  3. The representative of the
    ATS Bible Dictionary
    Gershom

    A stranger there, one of the two sons of Moses and Zipporah, in the land of Midian, Exodus 2:22; 18:3. Moses appears to have given them no rank or emoluments but those of simple Levites, 1 Chronicles 23:15.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary
    Expulsion.

    (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.).

    (2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Exodus 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a "sharp stone" and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, "Surely a bloody husband art thou to me", i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.

    (3.) A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2).

    (4.) The son of Manasseh (Judges 18:30), in R.V. "of Moses."

    Thesaurus
    Gershom (16 Occurrences)
    ... She accordingly took a "sharp stone" and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, "Surely
    a bloody husband art thou to me", ie, by the blood of her child she had ...
    /g/gershom.htm - 13k

    Jahath (7 Occurrences)
    ... Union. (1.) A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom (1 Chronicles 23:10). (2.)
    One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath (1 Chronicles 24:22). ...
    /j/jahath.htm - 10k

    Shebuel (3 Occurrences)
    ... Captive of God. (1.) One of the descendants of Gershom, who had charge of the temple
    treasures in the time of David (1 Chronicles 23:16; 26:24). ...
    /s/shebuel.htm - 8k

    Gershon (23 Occurrences)
    ... 1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. (See NIV). 1 Chronicles
    6:17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei. ...
    /g/gershon.htm - 16k

    Gershomites (2 Occurrences)
    ... 1 Chronicles 6:62 And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of
    the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of ...
    /g/gershomites.htm - 7k

    Antediluvians
    ... give chronology, and does not give it, but only indicates the line of descent, as
    where (1 Chronicles 26:24) we read that "Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son ...
    /a/antediluvians.htm - 11k

    Libni (5 Occurrences)
    ... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 1 Chronicles 6:17 These are
    the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. (WEB ...
    /l/libni.htm - 8k

    Foreign (65 Occurrences)
    ... Exodus 2:22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived
    as a foreigner in a foreign land." (Root in WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
    /f/foreign.htm - 27k

    Sheb'uel (2 Occurrences)
    ... 1 Chronicles 23:16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. ... 1 Chronicles 26:24 Shebuel
    the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries. ...
    /s/sheb'uel.htm - 6k

    Eliezer (14 Occurrences)
    ... He remained with his mother and brother Gershom with Jethro when Moses returned
    to Egypt. ... 1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ...
    /e/eliezer.htm - 15k

    Bible Concordance
    Gershom (16 Occurrences)

    Exodus 2:22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    Exodus 18:3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    Judges 18:30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
    (DBY RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 15:7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

    1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    (See RSV)

    1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    1 Chronicles 23:16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    1 Chronicles 26:24 and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    Ezra 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
    (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

    Subtopics

    Gershom

    Gershom: A Descendant of Phinehas

    Gershom: A Levite

    Gershom: Son of Moses

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    Thirteen (16 Occurrences)

    Removal (42 Occurrences)

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    Allotted (54 Occurrences)

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    Suburbs (75 Occurrences)

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    Idols (186 Occurrences)

    Pasture (120 Occurrences)

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