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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - Also the fountains H4599 of the deep H8415 and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were 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 - It happened H1961 after H4480 H7093 a while H3117 that the brook H5158 dried H3001 up, 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 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘The [fn]bowl H3537 of flour H7058 shall not be exhausted, H3615 nor H3808 shall the jar H6835 of oil H8081 [fn]be empty, H2637 until H5704 the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 sends H5414 rain H1653 on the face H6440 of the earth.’” H127

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - Now Elijah H452 said H559 to Ahab, H256 “Go H5927 up, 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 - It came H1961 about at the seventh H7637 time, that he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a man’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up from the sea.” H3220 And he said, H559 “Go H5927 up, say H559 to Ahab, H256 ‘[fn]Prepare H631 your chariot 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 - In a little H5704 H3541 while H5704 H3541 the sky H8064 grew H6937 black H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind, H7307 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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9

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 open 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 - “But 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 for we have transgressed H6586 greatly H7235 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 shed H5130 abroad H5130 a plentiful H5071 rain, H1653 O God; H430
You confirmed H3559 Your inheritance H5159 when it was [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 man H376 who boasts H1984 [fn]of his gifts H4991 falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north H6828 wind H7307 brings H2342 forth H2342 rain, H1653
And a [fn]backbiting H5643 tongue, H3956 an angry H2194 countenance. 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 rain H1653 upon 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 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 - Surely he cuts H3772 cedars H730 for himself, and takes H3947 a [fn]cypress H8645 or an oak H437 and [fn]raises H553 it for himself among the trees H6086 of the forest. H3293 He plants H5193 a fir, 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 bear H3205 and sprout, H6779
And furnishing 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - “Because H5668 the ground H127 is [fn]cracked, H2865
For there has been H1961 no H3808 rain H1653 on the land; H776
The farmers H406 have been H954 put H954 to shame, H954
They have covered H2645 their heads. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - As 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, O hailstones, H1259 H68 will fall; H5307 and a violent H5591 wind H7307 will break H1234 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “I will make a violent H5591 wind H7307 break H1234 out 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 cause showers H1653 to come H3381 down 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 pestilence H1698 and with blood H1818 I will enter H8199 into 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 with hailstones, H417 H68 fire H784 and brimstone. H1614

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - “So let us know, H3045 let us press H7291 on to know H3045 the LORD. H3068
His going H4161 forth H4161 is as certain H3559 as the dawn; H7837
And He will come H935 to us like the rain, H1653
Like the spring H4456 rain H4456 watering H3384 the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - So rejoice, H1523 O sons H1121 of Zion, H6726
And be glad 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 poured 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

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “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
And 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask H7592 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 clouds; H2385
And He will give H5414 them showers H1653 of rain, H1653 vegetation H6212 in the field H7704 to each man. 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 to Jerusalem H3389 to worship H7812 the King, H4428 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 there will be no H3808 rain H1653 on them.
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