Hebrew word · H1648

גֵּרְשׁוֹן

gereshon

Gershon

Appears 18 times in 18 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;

son of: Levi (H3878);

brother of: Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115);

father of: Libni (H3845) and Shimei (H8096); also called Gershom at 1Ch.6.16,17,20,43,62,71; 15.7;

§ Gershon or Gershom = "exile"

firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob's family went to Egypt

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

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Where it appears

Genesis · 1
  1. Genesis 46:11 גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן Gershon

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus · 2
  1. Exodus 6:16 גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן Gershon

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

    Here: Levi's firstborn, ancestor of the Gershonite clan. In the wilderness the Gershonites carried the tabernacle's curtains and coverings (Numbers 3:25–26; 4:24–28). Chronicles sometimes spells the name Gershom, and it should not be confused with Moses' son Gershom.

  2. Exodus 6:17 גֵרְשׁ֛וֹן Gershon

    The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers · 10
  1. Numbers 3:17 גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן Gershon

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. Numbers 3:18 גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן Gershon

    These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

  3. Numbers 3:21 לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן [belonged] to Gershon

    From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.

  4. Numbers 3:25 גֵרְשׁוֹן֙ Gershon

    The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

  5. Numbers 4:22 גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן Gershon

    “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,

  6. Numbers 4:38 גֵרְשׁ֑וֹן Gershon

    Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,

  7. Numbers 4:41 גֵרְשׁ֔וֹן Gershon

    These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.

  8. Numbers 7:7 גֵרְשׁ֑וֹן Gershon

    He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,

  9. Numbers 10:17 גֵרְשׁוֹן֙ Gershon

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

  10. Numbers 26:57 לְגֵרְשׁ֗וֹן of Gershon

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

Joshua · 2
  1. Joshua 21:6 גֵרְשׁ֗וֹן Gershon

    The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

    Here: Gershon was Levi's firstborn son (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16) and the ancestor of one of the three Levite clans. In the wilderness his clan carried the tabernacle's curtains, coverings and screens (Numbers 3:25–26; 4:24–28).

  2. Joshua 21:27 גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ Gershon

    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

    Here: Gershon was Levi's eldest son (Exod 6:16). His descendants made up one of the three main Levite divisions, and in the wilderness they were responsible for carrying the tabernacle's curtains and coverings (Num 3:25–26).

1 Chronicles · 3
  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן Gershon

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:7 גֵּרְשׁ֑וֹם Gershom

    from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

  3. 1 Chronicles 23:6 לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן to Gershon

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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