Gershom in the Bible

Meaning: a stranger here

Exact Match

and her two sons--the one whose name [was] Gershom, for he had said, "I have been an alien in a foreign land,"

Verse ConceptsReckoned As ForeignersTwo SonsPeople With Apt Names

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

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

And to the children of Gershom according to 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.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

To the children of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

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

Verse ConceptsSubdivisionsdivision

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

Verse ConceptsOfficers

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

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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