Strong H1647H1647Gגֵּרְשֹׁם

Gershom

Transliteration: gêreshôm
Pronunciation: gay-resh-ome'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.22;
son of: Moses (H4872) and Zipporah (H6855);
brother of: Eliezer (H461H);
father of: Jonathan (H3083)(?) and Shebuel (H7619)

Meaning of the name

Gershom = "foreigner"

General definition

For H1648; {Gereshom} the name of four Israelites: - Gershom.

In the biblical story

Gershom

Son of Moses; father of Jonathan, a renegade priest.

Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, and his descendant Jonathan served as a priest for the idolatrous Danites.

In the Bible

Strong H1647G appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

gershom6

First verses

Exodus 2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus 18:3
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
Judges 18:30
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
1 Chronicles 23:15
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
1 Chronicles 23:16
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
1 Chronicles 26:24
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.