Gershom in the Bible

Meaning: a stranger here

Exact Match

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.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

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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