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Lexicon :: Strong's H1653 - gešem

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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 Box Gen 7:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - “For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “But there are many people; it is the season for heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for there are many of us who have transgressed in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like clouds and wind without rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts down cedars for himself,
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the LORD our God,
Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season.
He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Because the ground is parched,
For there was no rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - “say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - “I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - “And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And rejoice in the LORD your God;
For He has given you the former rain faithfully,[fn]
And He will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask the LORD for rain
In the time of the latter rain.[fn]
The LORD will make flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain,
Grass in the field for everyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
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