Strong’s H1654 · Hebrew

גֶּשֶׁם
Geshem
gheh'-shem

Definition

Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian

Etymology

or (prolonged) גַּשְׁמוּ; the same as H1653 (גֶּשֶׁם);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Geshem
  • Gashmu

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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