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Lexicon :: Strong's H1648 - gēršôn

Aa
גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Transliteration
gēršôn
Pronunciation
gay-resh-one'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'; or גֵּרְשׁוֹם Gêrᵉshôwm; from H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite:—Gershon, Gershom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H1648 in the following manner: Gershon (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H1648 in the following manner: Gershon (17x).

  1. Gershon or Gershom = "exile"

    1. firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob's family went to Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'; or גֵּרְשׁוֹם Gêrᵉshôwm; from H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite:—Gershon, Gershom.
STRONGS H1648: Abbreviations
† גֵּרְשׁוֺן proper name, masculine son of Levi (= גרשׁם 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 15:7 גרשׁום 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:56) Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16, 17; Numbers 3:17, 18, 21, 25; Numbers 4:22, 38, 41; Numbers 7:7; Numbers 10:17; Numbers 26:57; Joshua 21:6, 27; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 23:6 (particularly in expression sons of Gershon, i.e. family, descendants of Gershon Numbers 3:25; Numbers 4:22, 38, 41; Numbers 7:7; Numbers 10:17; Joshua 21:6, 27; compare sons of Gershom 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 6:56; 1 Chronicles 15:7).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

46:11

Exodus

6:16; 6:17

Numbers

3:17; 3:18; 3:21; 3:25; 3:25; 4:22; 4:22; 4:38; 4:38; 4:41; 4:41; 7:7; 7:7; 10:17; 10:17; 26:57

Joshua

21:6; 21:6; 21:27; 21:27

1 Chronicles

6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:28; 6:47; 6:47; 6:56; 6:56; 15:7; 15:7; 23:6

H1648

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1648 matches the Hebrew גֵּרְשׁוֹן (gēršôn),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 - The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:18 - And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:21 - From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 - Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38 - And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - This is the number of the sons of Gershon who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 - Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;
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