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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1617 - גֵּרָא

Transliteration

Gêrâʼ

Phonetics

gay-raw'

Root Word (Etymology)

perhaps from (H1626)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Gera = “a grain”

1) a son of Benjamin

2) a son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin

3) any member of the Gera family of the Benjamite tribe

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

NAS (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

HCS (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

BSB (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

ESV (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

WEB (9)

Genesis 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

גֵּרָא proper name, masculine (Phoenician גרא) son of Benjamin Genesis 46:21 (lacking Numbers 26:38-40); son of Bela`, & grandson of Benjamin, according to 1 Chronicles 8:3,5 compare 1 Chronicles 8:7; designation of a Benjamite family or clan; hence Ehud called בֶּןגֵּֿרָא Judges 3:15, & so Shimei, 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:17; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Kings 2:8.

גרב (√ of following; Arabic , Aramaic ( have the scab etc.), are apparently denominative)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גֵּרָא (i.q. גֵּרָה “a grain”), [Gera], pr.n.

(1) of a son of Benjamin, Genesis 46:21.

(2) Judges 3:15. (3) 1 Chronicles 8:7.

(4) 1 Chronicles 8:3, 1 Chronicles 8:5.

(5) 2 Samuel 16:5.

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List of Word Forms

גֵּרָ֔א גֵּרָ֗א גֵּרָ֥א גֵּרָא֙ גרא וְגֵרָ֖א וְגֵרָ֥א וגרא gê·rā geRa gêrā vegeRa wə·ḡê·rā wəḡêrā