גֵּרְשֹׁם
Gêrᵉshôm · gay-resh-ome'
Gereshom, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: for H1648 (גֵּרְשׁוֹן);
Gereshom, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gershom.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּרְשֹׁם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gershom9 · 64%
- gershom3 · 21%
- was gershom1 · 7%
- were, gershom1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.