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Gershom

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 4 distinct subjects under Gershom. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr.
  2. 2.The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex.
  3. 3.A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2).
  4. 4.The son of Manasseh (Judg.

Expulsion.

  1. Gershom (1)

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    The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.).

  2. Gershom (2)

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    The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex. 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a “sharp stone” and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, “Surely a bloody husband art thou to me”, i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.

  3. Gershom (3)

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    A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2).

  4. Gershom (4)

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    The son of Manasseh (Judg. 18:30), in R.V. “of Moses.”

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(a stranger or exile).

The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:22; 18:3) (B.C. 1530.) The form under which the name Gershon—the eldest son of Levi—is given in several passages of Chronicles, viz., (1 Chronicles 6:16,17,20,43,62,71; 15:7) The representative of the priestly family of Phinehas, among those who accompanied Ezra from Babylon. (Ezra 8:2) (B.C. 536.)

In the Bible

14

Verses where Gershom is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

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

  • 1 Chronicles 6:17

    These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:20

    Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:43

    the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:62

    The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:71

    The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

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Scripture on Gershom

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Entries that reference Gershom

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Gershom references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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