Gershom
Expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr 6:16, 1 Chr 6:17, 1 Chr 6:20, 1 Chr 6:43, 1 Chr 6:62, 1 Chr 6:71; 1 Chr 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.).
(2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex 2:22; Ex 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (Ex 4:24–26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a “sharp stone” and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, “Surely a bloody husband art thou to me”, i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.
(3.) A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2).
(4.) The son of Manasseh (Judg 18:30), in R.V. “of Moses.”
Named in the Bible
14 verses
- Exodus 2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
- Exodus 18:3 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:
- Judges 18:30 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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 6:62 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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 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:
- 1 Chronicles 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
- 1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
- 1 Chronicles 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
- 1 Chronicles 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
- Ezra 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
