Strong’s H1648 · Hebrew

גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gêrᵉshôwn
gay-resh-one'

Definition

Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite

Etymology

or גֵּרְשׁוֹם; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ); a refugee;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Gershon
  • 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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