Strong’s H1647 · Hebrew

גֵּרְשֹׁם
Gêrᵉshôm
gay-resh-ome'

Definition

Gereshom, the name of four Israelites

Etymology

for H1648 (גֵּרְשׁוֹן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Gershom

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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