Original Language Studio
1 Chronicles 8:5
“And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גֵּרָאGêrâʼ · gay-raw'
H1617 · Hebrew
H1617 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Gera, the name of six Israelites
- Derivation
- perhaps from H1626 (גֵּרָה); a grain;
- KJV renderings
- Gera.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- גֵרָ֥א — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 46:21Judges 3:152 Samuel 16:52 Samuel 19:172 Samuel 19:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גֵּרָא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.