גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gêrᵉshôwn · gay-resh-one'
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or גֵּרְשׁוֹם; from H1644 (גָּרַשׁ); a refugee;
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gershon, 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּרְשׁוֹן 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gershon12 · 71%
- gershon4 · 24%
- namely, gershon1 · 6%
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.