Strong H1617H1617Gגֵּרָא
Gera
One of the 4 senses of Strong H1617
- Transliteration
- gêrâ'
- Pronunciation
- gay-raw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21;
son of: Benjamin (H1144);
brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H788), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H714), Ahiram (H297) and Jediael (H3043);
father of: Ehud (H164)
son of: Benjamin (H1144);
brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H788), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H714), Ahiram (H297) and Jediael (H3043);
father of: Ehud (H164)
Meaning of the name
Gera = "a grain"
General definition
Perhaps from H1626; a grain;
{Gera} the name of six Israelites: - Gera.
{Gera} the name of six Israelites: - Gera.
In the biblical story
Gera
Descendant of Benjamin; ancestor of Ehud, a judge of Israel.
Gera was a descendant of Benjamin and an ancestor of Ehud, a left-handed judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression.
In the Bible
Strong H1617G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gera3
First verses
- Genesis 46:21And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- 1 Chronicles 8:5And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.