Gershom — the meaning of the Hebrew name גֵּרְשֹׁם

גֵּרְשֹׁם

Gêrᵉshôm · pronounced gay-resh-ome' · Strong's H1647 · a man

Gershom means Gereshom, the name of four Israelites.

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גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gêrᵉshôwn (for, H1648) — a refugee open in the lexicon ›

for H1648; Gereshom, the name of four Israelites.

Exod 2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. (KJV)

14 occurrences in 14 verses — Exodus, Judges, 1 Chronicles, Ezra

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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