Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1617
גֵּרָא
Geragay-raw'
Gera
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Gêrâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1617is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1617
Gera, the name of six Israelites
The King James renders it: Gera.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Gera is rendered "Gera". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 46:21גֵּרָ֥א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gera6
- and Gera3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גֵּר | ger | sojourner | Uses92 |
| גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי | Gereshunni | Gershonite | Uses13 |
| גֵּרָה | gerah | cud | Uses11 |
| גֵּרָה | gerah | gerah | Uses5 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- גֵּרָ֥א2
- גֵּרָא֙2
- וְגֵרָ֖א2
- גֵּרָ֔א1
- גֵּרָ֗א1
- וְגֵרָ֥א1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Npm
Genesis
one use
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- גֵּרָ֥אgera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
Judges
one use
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- גֵּרָא֙gera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
2 Samuel
three uses
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- גֵּרָ֔אgera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
- גֵּרָא֙gera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
- גֵּרָ֗אgera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
1 Kings
one use
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
- גֵּרָ֥אgera'proper noun (a name)tagged: Gera
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Bela:
- וְגֵרָ֖אvegera'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gera
Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
- וְגֵרָ֥אvegera'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gera
Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
- וְגֵרָ֖אvegera'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gera
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.