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Numbers 3:21
“Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גֵּרְשׁוֹןGêrᵉshôwn · gay-resh-one'
H1648 · Hebrew
H1648 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
- Derivation
- or גֵּרְשׁוֹם; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ); a refugee;
- KJV renderings
- Gershon, Gershom.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- גֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 46:11Exodus 6:16Exodus 6:17Numbers 3:17Numbers 3:18
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 גֵּרְשׁוֹן 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.