Gershom in the Bible

Meaning: a stranger here

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And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

Thematic Bible



She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”)

Moses' sons: Gershom and Eliezer. Gershom's sons: Shebuel first.

Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’ son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.


The Danites set up the carved image for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the Danite tribe until the time of the exile from the land.


Gershom, from Phinehas’s descendants;
Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;
Hattush, from David’s descendants,


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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