Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1653
גֶּשֶׁם
geshemgheh'-shem
rain
35 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1653is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1653
a shower
The King James renders it: rain, shower.
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
geshem is rendered "rain". It stands 35 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 7:12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:12הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rain11
- the rain11
- and rain4
- and shower of2
- and from the rains1
- like the rain1
- rain of1
- rains1
- rains of1
- rains their1
- rains your1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| גֶּשֶׁם | geshem | body | Uses5 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 35, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 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
- הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃4
- גֶּ֣שֶׁם3
- גֶ֖שֶׁם2
- גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙2
- גֶּ֛שֶׁם2
- הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם2
- הַגֶּ֗שֶׁם2
- וְגֶ֥שֶׁם2
- וְגֶ֣שֶׁם2
- גֶ֔שֶׁם1
- גֶּ֖שֶׁם1
- גָּ֑שֶׁם1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular11HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/R/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp2mp
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Genesis
two uses
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- הַגֶּ֖שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- הַגֶּ֖שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Leviticus
one use
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖םgishmeikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: rains your
1 Kings
five uses
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
- גֶ֖שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
- גֶּ֖שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
- הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃hagashemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
- הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃hagashemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
- גֶּ֣שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
2 Kings
one use
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
- גֶ֔שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
Ezra
two uses
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ פumehageshamimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and from the rains
But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
- גְּשָׁמִ֔יםgeshamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: rains
Job
two uses
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
- וְגֶ֥שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and shower of
- וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and shower of
Psalms
two uses
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
- גֶּ֣שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rain of
He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
- גִּשְׁמֵיהֶ֣םgishmeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: rains their
Proverbs
two uses
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
- וְגֶ֣שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and rain
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
- גָּ֑שֶׁםgashemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
Ecclesiastes
two uses
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
- גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙geshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
- הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃hagashemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Song of Solomon
one use
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
- הַגֶּ֕שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Isaiah
two uses
He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
- וְגֶ֥שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and rain
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- הַגֶּ֨שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Jeremiah
two uses
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
- גֶּ֛שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
- גֶ֖שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
Ezekiel
six uses
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
- הַגֶּ֗שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
- גֶּ֣שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
- וְגֶ֤שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and rain
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙hageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
- גִּשְׁמֵ֥יgishmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rains of
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- וְגֶ֣שֶׁםvegeshemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and rain
Hosea
one use
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- כַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙khageshempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the rain
Joel
one use
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- גֶּ֛שֶׁםgeshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
Amos
one use
“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
- הַגֶּ֗שֶׁםhageshemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
Zechariah
two uses
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
- גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙geshemnoun · masculine singulartagged: rain
And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
- הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃hagashemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the rain
The letters
Gematria 343· 903 mispar gadol
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
