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Gershom <ref name="term_4251" /> | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16185" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' gûr´shom ''''' ( גּרשׁם , <i> ''''' gēreshōm ''''' </i> , from <i> ''''' gārash ''''' </i> , "to cast out"; explained, however, in Exodus 2:22 and Exodus 18:3 as from <i> '''''gūr''''' </i> , "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"): </p> <p> (1) Firstborn son of [[Moses]] and Zipporah. The only details of his life contained in the [[Pentateuch]] are the account of his circumcision ( Exodus 4:25 ), and his remaining under the care of Jethro, while Moses was in [[Egypt]] leading the Exodus. His descendants were numbered among the tribes of Levi ( 1 Chronicles 23:14 ). One of them apparently was the [[Jonathan]] who officiated as priest of the idolatrous sanctuary at Dan, and whose descendants held the office until the captivity. The Massoretic Text inserts a suspended <i> '''''nun''''' </i> , " נ , n," in the name of Moses ( משה ), causing it to be read מנשה , <i> '''''Manasseh''''' </i> , for the purpose, according to tradition, of disguising the name out of respect for the revered Lawgiver. Another descendant described as a "son" was Shebuel, a ruler over the treasuries of David. </p> <p> (2) A son of Levi, so called in 1 Chronicles 6:16 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 , 1 Chronicles 6:20 , 1 Chronicles 6:43 , 1 Chronicles 6:62 , 1 Chronicles 6:71 (Hebrew 1, 2, 5, 28, 47, 56); 1 Chronicles 15:7; elsewhere [[Gershon]] (which see). </p> <p> (3) A descendant of Phinehas, the head of a father's house, who journeyed with Ezra from [[Babylon]] to [[Jerusalem]] in the reign of [[Artaxerxes]] ( Ezra 8:2 ). </p> | <p> A stranger there, one of the two sons of [[Moses]] and Zipporah, in the land of Midian, Exodus 2:22; 18:3 . Moses appears to have given them no rank or emoluments but those of simple Levites, 1 Chronicles 23:15 . </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31706" /> == | |||
<li> The son of [[Manasseh]] (Judges 18:30 ), in RSV "of Moses." <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gershom'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/gershom.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35564" /> == | |||
<p> Gershon. 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:16. [[Firstborn]] of [[Moses]] and [[Zipporah]] "a sojourner in a foreign land" (geer )," sojourner," is common to [[Hebrew]] and Egyptian; shom is not from Hebrew sham "there," as margin, but shem , Coptic, "a strange land"); alluding to Moses' sojourn in [[Midian]] "for, he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land" (Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:3). (See CIRCUMCISION and Exodus 4:25.) [[Gershom]] was founder of a family, of which was "Jonathan, son (descendant) of Gershom," the "young man the Levite," who became Micah's priest to the image (Judges 17:7; Judges 18:18-30), and subsequently the Danites' priest. His descendants held this priesthood until the taking of the ark by the Philistines, which is called "the day of the captivity of the land." </p> <p> Gershom in the Hebrew text (kethib ) is called "son of Moses." The name is altered into [[Manasseh]] with a hanging 'n' (raised above the line to show it might either be inserted or omitted) in the Masoretic keri , or margin Hebrew "He did the deeds of idolatrous Manasseh," says the [[Talmud]] (Baba bathra, 109 b.), "therefore [[Scripture]] assigns him to the family of Manasseh." Rabbabar bar Channa says "it would have been ignominious to Moses to have had an ungodly son; he was the son of Manasseh in impiety, of Moses in descent." But other of Moses' descendants through Gershom reflected the piety of "the man of God." [[Shebuel]] Gershom's descendant was "ruler of the treasures" dedicated in the sanctuary under [[David]] (1 Chronicles 23:15-17; 1 Chronicles 26:24-28). One accompanied Ezra from [[Babylon]] (Ezra 8:2). </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40381" /> == | |||
Exodus 2:22 <i> ger </i> Exodus 4:24-26 Judges 18:30 1 Chronicles 6:71 <p> 1 Chronicles 15:7 ). 1 Chronicles 23:14 shows that Moses' sons had been incorporated into the line of Levites. Compare 1 Chronicles 26:24 . 3 . A man who accompanied Ezra on the return from [[Babylon]] to [[Jerusalem]] (Ezra 8:2 ). See [[Gershon]]; [[Levites]]; [[Moses]] . </p> | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45699" /> == | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51212" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> GERSHOM. 1. </strong> The elder of the two sons borne to [[Moses]] by [[Zipporah]] ( Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:2-6; the explanation of the name given in these two passages is folk-etymology). According to Exodus 14:25; Exodus 14:25 , the origin of circumcision among the [[Israelites]] was connected with that of Gershom; the rite was performed by his mother; this was contrary to later usage, according to which this was always done by a man. The son of Gershom, <strong> [[Jonathan]] </strong> , and his descendants were priests to the tribe of the Danites; but the fact that these latter set up for themselves a graven image, and that therefore the descendants of [[Gershom]] were connected with worship of this kind, was regarded as a grave evil by later generations, for which reason the word ‘Moses’ in Judges 18:30 was read ‘Manasseh’ by the insertion of an <em> n </em> above the text; it was thought derogatory to the memory of Moses that descendants of his should have been guilty of the worship of graven images. In Judges 17:7 there is a possible reference to Gershom, for the words ‘and he sojourned there’ can also be read ‘and he (was) Gershom’ (W. H. Bennett). In 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 26:24 the sons of Gershom are mentioned, [[Shebuel]] or [[Shubael]] being their chief. <strong> 2. </strong> A son of [[Levi]] ( 1 Chronicles 6:16 [v. 1 in Heb.]); see Gershon. <strong> 3. </strong> A descendant of Phinehas, one of the ‘heads of houses’ who went up with Ezra from [[Babylon]] in the reign of [[Artaxerxes]] ( Ezra 8:2 ). </p> <p> W. O. E. Oesterley. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66225" /> == | |||
<p> 1. [[Eldest]] son of [[Moses]] and Zipporah, born in Midian. Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:3; Judges 18:30 (see MANASSEH); 1 Chronicles 23:15,16; 1 Chronicles 26:24 . </p> <p> 2. Eldest son of Levi, 1 Chronicles 6:16-71; 1 Chronicles 15:7; but elsewhere named GERSHON. </p> <p> 3. A descendant of [[Phinehas]] who returned from exile. Ezra 8:2 . </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4251" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' gûr´shom ''''' ( גּרשׁם , <i> ''''' gēreshōm ''''' </i> , from <i> ''''' gārash ''''' </i> , "to cast out"; explained, however, in Exodus 2:22 and Exodus 18:3 as from <i> '''''gūr''''' </i> , "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"): </p> <p> (1) [[Firstborn]] son of [[Moses]] and Zipporah. The only details of his life contained in the [[Pentateuch]] are the account of his circumcision (Exodus 4:25 ), and his remaining under the care of Jethro, while Moses was in [[Egypt]] leading the Exodus. His descendants were numbered among the tribes of [[Levi]] (1 Chronicles 23:14 ). One of them apparently was the [[Jonathan]] who officiated as priest of the idolatrous sanctuary at Dan, and whose descendants held the office until the captivity. The Massoretic [[Text]] inserts a suspended <i> '''''nun''''' </i> , "נ , n," in the name of Moses (משה ), causing it to be read מנשה , <i> '''''Manasseh''''' </i> , for the purpose, according to tradition, of disguising the name out of respect for the revered Lawgiver. [[Another]] descendant described as a "son" was Shebuel, a ruler over the treasuries of David. </p> <p> (2) A son of Levi, so called in 1 Chronicles 6:16 , 1 Chronicles 6:17 , 1 Chronicles 6:20 , 1 Chronicles 6:43 , 1 Chronicles 6:62 , 1 Chronicles 6:71 (Hebrew 1, 2, 5, 28, 47, 56); 1 Chronicles 15:7; elsewhere [[Gershon]] (which see). </p> <p> (3) A descendant of Phinehas, the head of a father's house, who journeyed with Ezra from [[Babylon]] to [[Jerusalem]] in the reign of [[Artaxerxes]] (Ezra 8:2 ). </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15744" /> == | |||
<p> Ge´rshom (a stranger here), one of the two sons (the other was Eliezer) who were born to [[Moses]] in the land of [[Midian]] by [[Zipporah]] . These sons of the great lawgiver held no other rank than that of simple Levites, while the sons of their uncle [[Aaron]] enjoyed all the privileges of the priesthood . The glory of being the children of such a father doubtless availed them more than the highest dignities; but we must nevertheless admire the rare disinterestedness of Moses in making no public provision—as he might so easily have done—for his own children. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41413" /> == | |||
<p> (Heb. Gershon', גֵּרִשׁם [in Chron. ussually גֵּרִשׁוֹם ], expulsion (See [[Gershon]]), an etymology alluded to in Exodus 2:22, where there is a play upon the word, as if written גֵּר שָׁם, or Ger-Sham, q.d. a sojourner there; in which passage the Sept. preserves the form Γηρσάμ [comp. Josepheus, Γηρσός = διάλεκτος, Ant. 2:13, 1], but elsewhere Graecizes Γηρσώμ or Γηρσών), the name of three or four Levites. </p> <p> 1. Thu oldest son of [[Levi]] (1 Chronicles 6:16-17; 1 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Chronicles 6:43 [in the Hebrews], :62, 71; 15:7), elsewhere distinctively written GERSHON (See [[Gershon]]) (q.v.) </p> <p> 2. The elder of the two sons (the second being Eliezer) who were born to [[Moses]] in the land of [[Midian]] by Zipporalm (Exodus 2:22; Exodus 18:4). B.C. 1698. These sons of the great lawgiver held no other rank than that of simple Levites, will the sons of their uncle [[Aaron]] enjoyed all the privileges of the priesthood (1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 26:24), a proof of the rare disinterestedness of Moses. Shebuel, one of his descendants, emas appointed ruler (נָגִיר ) of the treasury under [[David]] (1 Chronicles 26:24-28). </p> <p> 3. The son of one [[Manasseh]] (according to the text) and father of Jonathan, which last acted as priest to the [[Danites]] who captured [[Laish]] (Judges 18:30); but, according to a more correct reading, he is not different from the son of Moses. (See [[Jonathan]]). The [[Talmud]] explains the substitution of "Manasseha" for "Moses" in the text by asserting that [[Jonathan]] did the works of Manasseh, and was therefore reckoned in his family (Baba Bathra, fol. 109, b). (See [[Manasseh]]). </p> <p> 4. A descendant of Phinehas, and chief of his house, who returned from [[Babylon]] with Ezra (Ezra 8:2), B.C. 459. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_16185"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/gershom Gershom from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31706"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/gershom Gershom from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_35564"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/gershom Gershom from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_40381"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/gershom Gershom from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45699"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/gershom Gershom from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_51212"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/gershom Gershom from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_66225"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/gershom Gershom from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_4251"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/gershom Gershom from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_4251"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/gershom Gershom from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_15744"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/gershom Gershom from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_41413"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/gershom Gershom from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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