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Gera in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son, i.e. descendant, of Benjamin; enumerated in the list when Jacob went into Egypt (Genesis 46:21); son of Bela (1 Chronicles 8:3, where probably but one Gera is genuine); in the loins of his grandfather Benjamin then, but not actually born until after the going to Egypt and before Jacob's death. Numbers 26 omits Gera as not being head of a ...

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Gershom in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a stranger or exile). 1. The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex 2:22; 18:3 (B.C. 1530.) 2. The form under which the name GERSHON--the eldest son of Levi--is given in several passages of Chronicles, viz., 1Ch 6:16,17,20,43,62,71; 15:7 3. The representative of the priestly family of Phinehas, among those who accompanied Ezra from Babylo...

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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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