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Gedaliah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

God is my greatness...

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Gemariah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Shaphan Jer 36:10-12,25 -2. An ambassador of Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar Jer 29:3...

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Genubath in Easton's Bible Dictionary

theft, the son of Hadad, of the Edomitish royal family. He was brought up in Pharaoh's household. His mother was a sister of Tahpenes, the king of Egypt's wife, mentioned in 1 Kings 11:20....

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Gera in Hitchcock's Bible Names

pilgrimage...

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Gershom in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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...

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Gehazi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ge-ha'-zi (gechazi, except in 2 Ki 4:31; 5:25; 8:4,5, where it is gechazi, perhaps "valley of vision"): The confidential servant of Elisha. Various words are used to denote his relation to his master. He is generally called Elisha's "boy" (na`ar), servant or personal attendant; he calls himself (5:25) his master's servant or slave (`ebhedh), a...

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Gemariah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(perfected by Jehovah). 1. Son of Shaphan the scribe, and father of Michaiah. He was one of the nobles of Judah, and had a chamber int he house of the Lord, from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy in the ears of all the people, B.C. 606. Jer 36:1 ... 2. Son of Hilkiah, was made the bearer of Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews. ...

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Genubath in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Hadad, an Edomite of the king's seed, by an Egyptian princess, sister of Tahpenes, queen of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt in David's reign (1 Kings 11:14-20). Born and weaned by the queen in the palace, and reckoned in the household among Pharaoh's sons....

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Gerah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ge'-ra (gerah, "grain" or "kernel"): A weight, the 20th part of a shekel (Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25; Nu 3:47; 18:16; Ezek 45:12). See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES....

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Gershom in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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" ...

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