גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי
Gêrᵉshunnîy · gay-resh-oon-nee'
a Gereshonite or descendant of Gereshon
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H1648 (גֵּרְשׁוֹן);
a Gereshonite or descendant of Gereshon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gershonite, sons of Gershon.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי 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 · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the gershonites8 · 62%
- the gershonite2 · 15%
- of gershon1 · 8%
- of the gershonite1 · 8%
- and of the gershonites1 · 8%
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.