Bible Dictionary

Gershom

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…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Expulsion. ). ) 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. , by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again. ) A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2). V.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(a stranger or exile).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

a stranger here