(1 Samuel 27:8) [Gerzites]
Gershom
(a stranger or exile).
•The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:22; 18:3) (B.C. 1530.)
•The form under which the name Gershon—the eldest son of Levi—is given in several passages
of Chronicles, viz., (1 Chronicles 6:16,17,20,43,62,71; 15:7)
•The representative of the priestly family of Phinehas, among those who accompanied Ezra from
Babylon. (Ezra 8:2) (B.C. 536.)
Gershon
(exile). The eldest of the three sons of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob’s family into
Egypt. (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16) (B.C. before 1706.) But, though the eldest born, the families
of Gershon were outstripped in fame by their younger brethren of Kohath, from whom sprang
Moses and the priestly line of Aaron.
Gershonites, The
the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. “THE GERSH0NITE,” as
applied to individuals, occurs in (1 Chronicles 26:21) The sons of Gershon (the Gershonites) had
charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle—the coverings, curtains, hangings and cords. (Numbers
3:25,26; 4:25,26)
Gerzites
(dwellers in the desert), The, a tribe who with the Geshurites and the Amalekites occupied the
land between the south of Palestine and Egypt in the time of Saul. (1 Samuel 27:8) In the name of
Mount Gerizim we have the only remaining trace of the presence of this old tribe of Bedouins in
central Palestine.
Gesham
(filthy) (sometimes written GESHAN), one of the sons of Judah, in the genealogy of Judah and
family of Caleb. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
Geshem
and Gash’mu (rain), an Arabian, mentioned in (Nehemiah 2:19) and Nehe 6:1,2,6 (B.C. 446.)
We may conclude that he was an inhabitant of Arabia Petraea or of the Arabian desert, and probably
the chief of a tribe.” Gashum said it” made him a type of those who create a common report.
Geshur
(a bridge), a little principality of Syria, northeast of Bashan. (3:14; 2 Samuel 15:8) It ia highly
probable that Geshur was a section of the wild and rugged region now called el-Lejah, still a refuge
for criminals and outlaws. [Argob]
Geshuri And Geshurites
- The inhabitants of Geshur. (3:14; Joshua 12:5; 13:11)
•An ancient tribe which dwelt in the desert between Arabia and Philistia. (Joshua 13:2; 1 Samuel
27:8)
Gether
(fear), the third in order of the sons of Aram. (Genesis 10:23) No satisfactory trace of the people
sprung from this stock has been found.
Gethsemane
(an oil-press), a small “farm,” (Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32) situated across the brook Kedron
(John 18:1) probably at the foot of Mount Olivet, (Luke 22:39) to the northwest and about one-half