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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 - The rain H1653 [fn]fell H1961 upon the earth H776 for forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - Also the fountains H4599 of the deep H8415 and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were H5534 closed H5534, and the rain H1653 from the sky H8064 was restrained H3607;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then I shall give H5414 you rains H1653 in their season H6256, so that the land H776 will yield H5414 its produce H2981 and the trees H6086 of the field H7704 will bear H5414 their fruit H6529.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - But it happened H1961 after H4480 H7093 a while H3117 that the brook H5158 dried H3001 up H3001, because H3588 there was no H3808 rain H1653 in the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘The [fn]bowl H3537 of flour H7058 shall not be used H3615 up H3615, nor H3808 shall the jar H6835 of oil H8081 become H2637 empty H2637, until H5704 the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 provides H5414 rain H1653 on the face H6440 of the earth H127.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 -

Now Elijah H452 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Go H5927 up H5927, eat H398 and drink H8354; for there is the sound H6963 of the roar H1995 of a heavy shower H1653.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And when he returned the seventh H7637 time, he said H559, “Behold H2009, a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a person’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up H5927 from the sea H3220.” And Elijah said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, say H559 to Ahab H256, ‘Harness H631 your chariot horses and go H3381 down H3381, so that the heavy shower H1653 does not stop H6113 you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Meanwhile H5704 H3541 the sky H8064 became H6937 dark H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind H7307 came up, and there was a heavy H1419 shower H1653. And Ahab H256 rode H7392 and went H1980 to Jezreel H3157.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - “For the LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: ‘You will not see H7200 wind H7307, nor H3808 will you see H7200 rain H1653; yet that valley H5158 shall be filled H4390 with water H4325, so that you will drink H8354, you, your livestock H4735, and your other animals H929.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 -

So all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 assembled H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 within the three H7969 days H3117. It was the ninth H8671 month H2320 on the twentieth H6242 of the month H2320, and all H3605 the people H5971 sat H3427 in the public H7339 square H7339 before the house H1004 of God H430, trembling H7460 because H5921 of this matter H1697 and the heavy rain H1653.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “However H61, there are many H7227 people H5971, it is the rainy H1653 season H6256, and we are not able H3581 to stand H5975 in the open H2351. Nor H3808 can the task H4399 be done in one H259 or two H8147 days H3117, because H3588 we have done H6586 a great H7235 wrong H6586 in this H2088 matter H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 -

“For to the snow H7950 He says H559, ‘Fall H1933 on the earth H776,’

And to the [fn]downpour H1653 H4306 and the rain H1653 H4306, ‘Be strong H5797.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 -

You made H5130 plentiful H5071 rain H1653 fall H5130, God H430;

You confirmed H3559 Your inheritance H5159 when it was H3811 [fn]parched H3811.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:32 -

He [fn]gave H5414 them hail H1259 for rain H1653,

And flaming H3852 fire H784 in their land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 -

Like clouds H5387 and wind H7307 without H369 rain H1653

Is a person H376 who boasts H1984 [fn]of his gifts H4991 falsely H8267.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 -

The north H6828 wind H7307 brings H2342 rain H1653,

And a [fn]gossiping H5643 tongue H3956 brings an angry H2194 face H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If H518 the clouds H5645 are full H4390, they pour H7324 out H7324 rain H1653 on the earth H776; and whether H518 a tree H6086 falls H5307 toward the south H1864 or toward the north H6828, wherever H4725 the tree H6086 falls H5307, there H8033 it [fn]lies H1961.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before H5704 H834 H3808 the sun H8121 and the light H216, the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 are darkened H2821, and clouds H5645 return H7725 after H310 the rain H1653;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 -

‘For behold H2009, the winter H5638 is H5674 past H5674,

The rain H1653 is over H2498 and gone H1980.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He will cut H3772 cedars H730 for himself, and he takes H3947 a holm-oak H8645 or another oak H437 and lets it grow H553 strong H553 for himself among the trees H6086 of the forest H3293. He plants H5193 a laurel H766 tree H766, and the rain H1653 makes H1431 it grow H1431.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 -

“For as the rain H1653 and the snow H7950 come H3381 down H3381 from heaven H8064,

And do not return H7725 there H8033 without H3588 H518 watering H7301 the earth H776

And making it produce H3205 and sprout H6779,

And providing H5414 seed H2233 to the sower H2232 and bread H3899 to the eater H398;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 -

‘They do not say H559 in their heart H3824,

“Let us now H4994 fear H3372 the LORD H3068 our God H430,

Who gives H5414 rain H1653 in its season H6256,

Both the autumn H3138 rain H3138 and the spring H4456 rain H4456,

Who keeps H8104 for us

The appointed H2708 weeks H7620 of the harvest H7105.”

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Because H5668 the ground H127 is H2865 [fn]cracked H2865,

For there has been H1961 no H3808 rain H1653 on the land H776.

The farmers H406 have been put H954 to H954 shame H954,

They have covered H2645 their heads H7218.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the appearance H4758 of the rainbow H7198 [fn]in the clouds H6051 on a rainy H1653 day H3117, so H3651 was the appearance H4758 of the surrounding H5439 radiance H5051. Such H1931 was the appearance H4758 of the likeness H1823 of the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068. And when I saw H7200 it, I fell H5307 on my face H6440 and heard H8085 a voice H6963 speaking H1696.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - so tell H559 those who plaster H2902 it over H2902 with whitewash H8602, that it will fall H5307. A flooding H7857 rain H1653 will come H1961, and you, hailstones H1259 H68, will fall H5307, and a violent H5591 wind H7307 will break H1234 out H1234.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “I will make a violent H5591 wind H7307 break H1234 out H1234 in My wrath H2534. There will also be in My anger H639 a flooding H7857 rain H1653 and hailstones H417 H68 to consume H3615 it in wrath H2534.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - “I will make H5414 them and the places H5439 around H5439 My hill H1389 a blessing H1293. And I will make showers H1653 fall H3381 in their season H6256; they will be showers H1653 of blessing H1293.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - “With plague H1698 and with blood H1818 I will enter H8199 into H8199 judgment H8199 with him; and I will rain H4305 on him and on his troops H102, and on the many H7227 peoples H5971 who H834 are with him, [fn]a torrential H7857 rain H1653, hailstones H417 H68, fire H784, and brimstone H1614.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 -

“So let’s learn H3045, let’s press H7291 on H7291 to know H3045 the LORD H3068.

His appearance H4161 is as sure H3559 as the dawn H7837;

And He will come H935 to us like the rain H1653,

As the spring H4456 rain H4456 waters H3384 the earth H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

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So shout H1523 for H1523 joy H1523, you sons H1121 of Zion H6726,

And rejoice H8055 in the LORD H3068 your God H430;

For He has given H5414 you [fn]the early H4175 rain H4175 for your vindication H6666.

And He has brought H3381 down H3381 for you the rain H1653,

The [fn]early H4175 and [fn]latter H4456 rain H4456 [fn]as before H7223.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

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“Furthermore H1571, I withheld H4513 the rain H1653 from you

While there were still H5750 three H7969 months H2320 until harvest H7105.

Then I would send H4305 rain H4305 on one H259 city H5892,

But on another H259 city H5892 I would not send H4305 rain H4305;

One H259 part H2513 would be rained H4305 on,

While the part H2513 not rained H4305 on would dry H3001 up H3001.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

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Ask H7592 for rain H4306 from the LORD H3068 at the time H6256 of the spring H4456 rain H4456—

The LORD H3068 who makes H6213 the [fn]storm H2385 winds H2385;

And He will give H5414 them showers H4306 of rain H1653, vegetation H6212 in the field H7704 to each person H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it will be that whichever H834 of the families H4940 of the earth H776 does not go H5927 up H5927 to Jerusalem H3389 to worship H2331 the King H4428, the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, there will be no H3808 rain H1653 on them.
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