Word Study · Strong's H1648 · Hebrew
גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gereshon
gay-resh-one'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gêrᵉshôwn
“Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Gershon, Gershom.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן4
- גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן2
- גֵרְשׁוֹן֙2
- גֵרְשׁ֑וֹן2
- גֵּרְשׁ֑וֹם1
- גֵרְשׁ֛וֹן1
- גֵרְשׁ֔וֹן1
- גֵרְשׁ֗וֹן1
- גֵרְשׁוֹן֮1
- לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן1
- לְגֵרְשׁ֗וֹן1
- לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן1
How it is rendered · 5
- Gershon14
- [belonged] to Gershon1
- Gershom1
- of Gershon1
- to Gershon1
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)15
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 15
- HR/Npm · 3
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Numbers10 of 18 · 56%
- 1 Chronicles3 of 18 · 17%
- Exodus2 of 18 · 11%
- Joshua2 of 18 · 11%
- Genesis1 of 18 · 6%
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Genesis1 occurrence
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 6:16גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.here: Gershon
- Exodus 6:17גֵרְשׁ֛וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.here: Gershon
Numbers10 occurrences
- Numbers 3:17גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.here: Gershon
- Numbers 3:18גֵרְשׁ֖וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.here: Gershon
- Numbers 3:21לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹןlegereshonpreposition + proper noun (a name)From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.here: [belonged] to Gershon
- Numbers 3:25גֵרְשׁוֹן֙gereshonproper noun (a name)The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,here: Gershon
- Numbers 4:22גֵרְשׁ֖וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)“Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,here: Gershon
- Numbers 4:38גֵרְשׁ֑וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,here: Gershon
- Numbers 4:41גֵרְשׁ֔וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.here: Gershon
- Numbers 7:7גֵרְשׁ֑וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,here: Gershon
- Numbers 10:17גֵרְשׁוֹן֙gereshonproper noun (a name)Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.here: Gershon
- Numbers 26:57לְגֵרְשׁ֗וֹןlegereshonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.here: of Gershon
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 21:6גֵרְשׁ֗וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.here: Gershon
- Joshua 21:27גֵרְשׁוֹן֮gereshonproper noun (a name)This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.here: Gershon
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:1גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹןgereshonproper noun (a name)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.here: Gershon
- 1 Chronicles 15:7גֵּרְשׁ֑וֹםgereshomproper noun (a name)from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;here: Gershom
- 1 Chronicles 23:6לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹןlegereshonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.here: to Gershon