Strong's Lexicon

H1653

H1653 — גֶּשֶׁם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgeshemnoun mascOccurrences: 35TWOT: 389a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1653
Word:	גֶּשֶׁם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1652
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	35
Transliteration:	geshem
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gheh'-shem
Meaning:	1. a shower
KJV Renderings:	rain, shower.

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BDB1776

II. גֶּ֫שֶׁם noun masculine^{Gen 7:12} rain, shower (Late Hebrew id., connected with above √ dubious) — absolute ׳ ג Gen 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1Kgs 18:41 +; construct גֶּשֶׁם Job 37:6 (twice in verse) +; plural גְּשָׁמִים Ezek 10:9; Ezek 10:13 construct גִּשְׁמֵי Ezek 34:26 suffix גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Lev 26:4 גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם Ps 105:32 — rain, shower Gen 7:12; Gen 8:2 (both J ) Lev 26:4 ( H ) Hos 6:3; Amos 4:7; Jer 5:24; Jer 14:4; Isa 44:14; Isa 55:10; Ezek 1:28; Joel 2:23 (|| מוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); 1Kgs 17:7; 1Kgs 17:14; 1Kgs 18:45 (׳ ג גדול) 2Kgs 3:17; Prov 25:14; Prov 25:23; Eccl 11:3; Song 2:11; Ps 105:32, ׳ וּמֵהַגּ Ezra 10:9 and because of the rains, compare Ezra 10:13 ׳ קוֺל הֲמוֺן הַגּ 1Kgs 18:41 compare 1Kgs 18:44 ; Zech 14:17 ; Eccl 12:2 גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ ׳ מָטָ֑ר וְג Job 37:6 מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם Zech 10:1 compare נְדָבוֺת ׳ ג Ps 68:10 figurative of blessing Ezek 34:26, בְּרָכָה ׳ ג Ezek 34:26 of destruction שֹׁטֵף ׳ ג Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:13 compare Ezek 38:22 .

BDB9421

[גְּשֵׁם] noun masculine^{Dan 4:30} body (see √ גשׁם in Biblical Hebrew; ᵑ7 ^j גּוּשְׁמָא, גִּשְׁמָא (D^{WB 83} ), Syriac [untranscribed source text 5966], body, self); — body of man, suffix גִּשְׁמֵהּ Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21, so plural suffix גַּשְׁמַיהוֺן (K^{§ 15 a}) Dan 3:27. 28, both Kt , Qr singular גֶּשְׁמֵהוֺן (K^{§ 54, 3} b)).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גשם (geh’-shem)

Genesis 7:12

KJV: And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

EHCC: the rain was upon the earth

Leviticus 26:4

KJV: Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

EHCC: Then I will give you rain (lit. your rain)

Job 37:6

KJV: For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.likewise…: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength

EHCC: Hkewise to the small rain, and to the great

Psalms 68:9

KJV: Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.send: Heb. shake outconfirm: Heb. confirm it

EHCC: (10).didst send a plentiful rain,

Song of Songs 2:11

KJV: For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

EHCC: the raix is over (and) gone; ‘

Isaiah 44:14

KJV: He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.strengtheneth: or, taketh courage

EHCC: 084 the rain doth nourish (it).

Isaiah 55:10

KJV: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

EHCC: For as the rain cometh down,

Jeremiah 5:24

KJV: Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

EHCC: that giveth rain,

Jeremiah 14:4

KJV: Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

EHCC: there was no ruin in the earth,

Ezekiel 1:28

KJV: As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

EHCC: that is in the cloud in the day of rain,

Ezekiel 18:11

KJV: And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife,

EHCC: there shall be an overflowing shower ;

Ezekiel 84:26

EHCC: 1 will cause the shower to come

Ezekiel 36:22

KJV: Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

EHCC: and I will rain...an overflowing rain,

Joel 2:23

KJV: Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousnessmoderately: Heb. according to righteousness

EHCC: to come down for you the rain,

Amos 4:7

KJV: And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

EHCC: also I have withholden the rain