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Lexicon :: Strong's H1653 - gešem

Aa
גֶּשֶׁם
Transliteration
gešem
Pronunciation
gheh'-shem
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 389a

Strong’s Definitions

גֶּשֶׁם geshem, gheh'-shem; from H1652; a shower:—rain, shower.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H1653 in the following manner: rain (31x), shower (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H1653 in the following manner: rain (31x), shower (4x).

  1. rain, shower

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּשֶׁם geshem, gheh'-shem; from H1652; a shower:—rain, shower.
STRONGS H1653: Abbreviations
† II. גֶּ֫שֶׁם noun masculineGenesis 7:12 rain, shower (Late Hebrew id., connected with above √ dubious) — absolute ג׳ Genesis 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1 Kings 18:41 +; construct גֶּשֶׁם Job 37:6 (twice in verse) +; plural גְּשָׁמִים Ezekiel 10:9,13; construct גִּשְׁמֵי Ezekiel 34:26; suffix גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:4; גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם Psalm 105:32; — rain, shower Genesis 7:12; Genesis 8:2 (both J) Leviticus 26:4 (H) Hosea 6:3; Amos 4:7; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:4; Isaiah 44:14; Isaiah 55:10; Ezekiel 1:28; Joel 2:23 (|| מוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); 1 Kings 17:7,14; 1 Kings 18:45 (ג׳ גדול) 2 Kings 3:17; Proverbs 25:14,23; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Songs 2:11; Psalm 105:32, וּמֵהַגּ׳ Ezra 10:9 and because of the rains, compare Ezra 10:13; קוֺל הֲמוֺן הַגּ׳ 1 Kings 18:41 compare 1 Kings 18:44; Zechariah 14:17; Ecclesiastes 12:2; גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ מָטָ֑ר וְג׳ Job 37:6; מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם Zechariah 10:1; compare נְדָבוֺת ג׳ Psalm 68:10; figurative of blessing Ezekiel 34:26, בְּרָכָה ג׳ Ezekiel 34:26; of destruction שֹׁטֵף ג׳ Ezekiel 13:11,13; compare Ezekiel 38:22.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1655.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:12; 7:12; 7:12; 8:2

Leviticus

26:4; 26:4

1 Kings

17:7; 17:14; 18:41; 18:41; 18:44; 18:45

2 Kings

3:17

Ezra

10:9; 10:13

Job

37:6; 37:6

Psalms

68:10; 105:32; 105:32

Proverbs

25:14; 25:23

Ecclesiastes

11:3; 12:2

Song of Songs

2:11

Isaiah

44:14; 55:10

Jeremiah

5:24; 14:4

Ezekiel

1:28; 10:9; 10:13; 13:11; 13:13; 34:26; 34:26; 34:26; 38:22

Hosea

6:3

Joel

2:23

Amos

4:7

Zechariah

10:1; 14:17

H1653

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1653 matches the Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם (gešem),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:12 - And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32 - He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - And they do not say in their hearts, Now let us give worship to our God, who gives the rain, the winter and the spring rain, at the right time; who keeps for us the ordered weeks of the grain-cutting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - For this reason, the Lord has said: I will have it broken in two by a storm-wind in my passion; and there will be an overflowing shower in my wrath, and you, O ice-drops, will come raining angrily down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - And I will take up my cause against him with disease and with blood; and I will send down on him and on his forces and on the peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower and great ice-drops, fire, and burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain.
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