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Lexicon :: Strong's H1654 - gešem

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גֶּשֶׁם
Transliteration
gešem
Pronunciation
gheh'-shem
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גֶּשֶׁם Geshem, gheh'-shem; or (prolonged) גַּשְׁמוּ Gashmûw; the same as H1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian:—Geshem, Gashmu.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1654 in the following manner: Geshem (3x), Gashmu (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1654 in the following manner: Geshem (3x), Gashmu (1x).

  1. Geshem or Gashmu = "rain"

    1. an Arabian foe of Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּשֶׁם Geshem, gheh'-shem; or (prolonged) גַּשְׁמוּ Gashmûw; the same as H1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian:—Geshem, Gashmu.
STRONGS H1654: Abbreviations
† I. גֶּ֫שֶׁם proper name, masculine an opponent of Nehemiah Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1 (in both called הָעַרְבִּי); Nehemiah 6:2; also גַּשְׁמוּ Nehemiah 6:6; וּ as in Nabataean proper name compare Nö in EutNab 73.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

2:19; 6:1; 6:2; 6:6

H1654

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1654 matches the Hebrew גֶּשֶׁם (gešem),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and Geshem[fn] says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king.
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