גֵּרְשֹׁם Gershom
Every verse in which this name stands — 14 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 2:22 and last at 1 Chronicles 26:24.
וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land.’
וְאֵת שְׁנֵי בָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד גֵּֽרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה
and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land’;
וַיָּקִימוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי־דָן אֶת־הַפָּסֶל וִיהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁם בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה הוּא וּבָנָיו הָיוּ כֹהֲנִים לְשֵׁבֶט הַדָּנִי עַד־יוֹם גְּלוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ
And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
מִבְּנֵי פִֽינְחָס גֵּֽרְשֹׁם מִבְּנֵי אִיתָמָר דָּנִיֵּאל מִבְּנֵי דָוִיד חַטּֽוּשׁ
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush.
בְּנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשֹׁם קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשׁוֹם לִבְנִי וְשִׁמְעִֽי
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei.
לְֽגֵרְשׁוֹם לִבְנִי בְנוֹ יַחַת בְּנוֹ זִמָּה בְנֽוֹ
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son;
בֶּן־יַחַת בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁם בֶּן־לֵוִֽי
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
וְלִבְנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם מִמַּטֵּה יִשָׂשכָר וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר וּמִמַּטֵּה נַפְתָּלִי וּמִמַּטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה בַּבָּשָׁן עָרִים שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה
And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
לִבְנֵי גֵּרְשׁוֹם מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת חֲצִי מַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה אֶת־גּוֹלָן בַּבָּשָׁן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ וְאֶת־עַשְׁתָּרוֹת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ
Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;
וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵם דָּוִיד מַחְלְקוֹת לִבְנֵי לֵוִי לְגֵרְשׁוֹן קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
בְּנֵי מֹשֶׁה גֵּרְשֹׁם וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר
The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer.
בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹם שְׁבוּאֵל הָרֹֽאשׁ
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
וּשְׁבֻאֵל בֶּן־גֵּרְשׁוֹם בֶּן־מֹשֶׁה נָגִיד עַל־הָאֹצָרֽוֹת
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Gershom?
Gershom — גרשם in Hebrew — has a gematria of 543 in the standard method.
How many times is Gershom named in the Tanakh?
14 times, first at Exodus 2:22.
A spelling is not a name. The written word גרשם stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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