Lexical Definition

‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ Gêrᵉshôm (gay-resh-ome') Gershom ^N:N-M-P
for ‎גֵּרְשׁוֹן‎

Gershom.

• § Gershom = "foreigner"
• Gereshom, the name of four Israelites

1) firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
2) firstborn son of Levi
3) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

Extended Information

spelling of: גֵּרְשׁוֹן

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11
• son of: Levi (לֵוִי)
• brother of: Kohath (קְהָת), Merari (מְרָרִי) and Jochebed (יוֹכֶבֶד)
• father of: Libni (לִבְנִי) and Shimei (שִׁמְעִי); also called Gershom at 1Ch.6.16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71 15.7
• Another spelling of ge.re.shon (‎ג‎ֵּ‎ר‎ְ‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "Gershon" גֵּרְשׁוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ proper name, masculine

1. son of Moses & Sipporah Exod 2:22 (explanation as if from ‎גור‎) = Exod 18:3 ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺם‎ 1Chr 23:15; 1Chr 23:16; 1Chr 26:24 so also ‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ Judg 18:30 ᵑ0 ‎בֶּןֿ‎ ‎מְנַשֶּׁה‎ compare VB.

2. a son of Levi ‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ 1Chr 6:1*; 1Chr 6:28*; 1Chr 15:7 (compare ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺן‎); ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺם‎ 1Chr 6:2*; 1Chr 6:5*; 1Chr 6:47*; 1Chr 6:56*.

3. a son of Phinehas Ezra 8:2.

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