Strong H1647H1647Iגֵּרְשֹׁם
Gershom
One of the 3 senses of Strong H1647
- Transliteration
- gêreshôm
- Pronunciation
- gay-resh-ome'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.2
Meaning of the name
Gershom = "foreigner"
General definition
For H1648; {Gereshom} the name of four Israelites: - Gershom.
In the biblical story
Gershom
Descendant of Phinehas; returned to Jerusalem with Ezra.
Gershom, a descendant of Phinehas, was among the men who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra after the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H1647I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gershom1
First verses
- Ezra 8:2Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.