STRONGS NUMBER H1648


Word Summary
Gereshon or Gereshom: a son of Levi
Original Word: גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Transliteration: Gereshon or Gereshom
Phonetic Spelling: (gay-resh-one')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a son of Levi
Meaning: Gershon -- a son of Levi
Strong's Concordance
Gershon, Gershom

Or Gershowm {gay-resh-ome'}; from garash; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite -- Gershon, Gershom.

see HEBREW garash

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1648. Gereshon

or Gereshom גֵּרְשׁוֺןproper name, masculine son of Levi (= גרשׁם1 Chronicles 6:1; 6:28; 15:7 גרשׁום6:2; 6:5; 6:47; 6:56) Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16-17, Numbers 3:17-18, 21, 25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17; 26:57; Joshua 21:6, 27; 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 23:6 (particularly in expression sons of Gershon, i.e. family, descendants of Gershon Numbers 3:25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17; Joshua 21:6, 27; compare sons of Gershom 1 Chronicles 6:47; 6:56; 15:7).