Hebrew word · H1529

גֵּישָׁן

vegeishan

Geshan

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.47;

son of Caleb (H3612H) and Jahdai (H3056);

brother of: Regem (H7276), Jotham (H3147I), Pelet (H6404), Ephah (H5891I) and Shaaph (H8174)

§ Geshan = "lump"

one of the sons of Jahdai, in the genealogy of Judah, in the family of Caleb

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:47 וְגֵישָׁ֥ן and Geshan

    The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

    Here: Named only here. Its meaning is unknown.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.