First name Gershom in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Gershom is the name of the Moses' first son (EXO 2:22), as well as name of father of Jonathan, son of Manasseh (JDG 18:30) and descendant of Phinehas who went up with Ezra (EZR 8:2). Meaning of the name: a stranger here. Related names are: Manasseh, Jahath, Libni . The translations of Gershom in 31 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Gerson in Spanish to Gerson in Bokmål Norwegian!
Wear it!And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. (EXO 2:22)
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: (EXO 18:3)
And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. (JDG 18:30)
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. (1CH 6:16)
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. (1CH 6:17)
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, (1CH 6:20)
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. (1CH 6:43)
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. (1CH 6:62)
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: (1CH 6:71)
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: (1CH 15:7)
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. (1CH 23:15)
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. (1CH 23:16)
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. (1CH 26:24)
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. (EZR 8:2)