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



Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, because he used to say, "I became an alien in a foreign land."

along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom, because he uwould say, "I was an alien in a foreign land,"

The descendants of Moses included Gershom and Eliezer. The descendants of Gershom included Shebuel as their chief.

Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom and a descendant of Moses (as chief officer in charge of the treasuries)


The descendants of Dan set up the carved image, and Gershom's son Jonathan, a descendant of Manasseh, served along with his descendants as priests to the tribe of Dan until the land was taken captive.


From Phinehas's descendants: Gershom. From Ithamar's descendants: Daniel. From David's descendants: Hattush.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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