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Gershom
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.). (2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex. 2:22; 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 (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.”
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(a stranger or exile).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
GER'SHOM (expulsion). The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex 2:22; Ex 18:3. A corruption of Gershon. 1 Chr 6:16-17; 1 Chr 15:7. A priest with Ezra. Ezr 8:2.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a stranger here
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
GER'SHOM (expulsion). The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex 2:22; Ex 18:3. A corruption of Gershon. 1 Chr 6:16-17; 1 Chr 15:7. A priest with Ezra. Ezr 8:2.