Word Study · Strong's H1647 · Hebrew
גֵּרְשֹׁם
Gereshom
gay-resh-ome'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gêrᵉshôm
“Gereshom, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gereshom, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Gershom.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם2
- גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם2
- גֵרְשׁ֜וֹם1
- גֵּרְשׁוֹם֒1
- גֵּרְשׁ֣וֹם1
- גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם1
- גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם1
- גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם1
- גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם1
- גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם ס1
- לְֽגֵרְשׁ֑וֹם1
How it is rendered · 3
- Gershom11
- [was] Gershom1
- of Gershom1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)12
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HR/Npm · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 2:22גֵּרְשֹׁ֑םgereshomproper noun (a name)And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”here: Gershom
- Exodus 18:3גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔םgereshomproper noun (a name)along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”here: [was] Gershom
1 Chronicles9 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:16גֵּרְשֹׁ֕םgereshomproper noun (a name)The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 6:17גֵרְשׁ֖וֹםgereshomproper noun (a name)These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 6:20לְֽגֵרְשׁ֑וֹםlegereshompreposition + proper noun (a name)Of Gershom:here: of Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 6:43גֵּרְשֹׁ֖םgereshomproper noun (a name)the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 6:62גֵרְשׁ֜וֹםgereshomproper noun (a name)The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 6:71גֵּרְשׁוֹם֒gereshomproper noun (a name)The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 23:15גֵּרְשֹׁ֖םgereshomproper noun (a name)The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 23:16גֵרְשׁ֖וֹםgereshomproper noun (a name)The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 26:24גֵּרְשׁ֣וֹםgereshomproper noun (a name)Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.here: Gershom