Senses
1. Gera (proper name) — Gera, a Benjamite proper name borne by several individuals in the Hebrew Bible (father of Ehud, son of Bela, etc.); attested across all grammatical contexts including standalone and conjunctive forms. English 'Gera', Spanish 'Guera/Guerá', Hindi गेरा, Arabic جيرا/جِيرَا, Korean 게라, Swahili 'Gera'. The conjunctive prefix waw (and-Gera) is purely grammatical and does not alter the referent. 9×
AR["جيرا","جِيرَا","وَجِيرَا"]·ben["ও-গেরা","গেরা","গেরার"]·DE["Gera","[וגרא]"]·EN["Gera","and-Gera"]·FR["Gera","[וגרא]"]·heb["גרא","ו-גרא"]·HI["और-गेरा","गेरा","गेरा-का","गेरा-के"]·ID["Dan-Gera","Gera","dan-Gera"]·IT["Gera","e-Ghera"]·jav["Gera","Géra","lan-Géra"]·KO["게라와","게라의","그-와-게라"]·PT["Gera","Gera'","e-Gera"]·RU["-Геры","Гера","Геры","и-Гера"]·ES["Gera","Guera","Guerá","Y-Gera","y-Gera"]·SW["Gera","Na-Gera","na-Gera"]·TR["Gera","Gera'nın","Ve-Gera","ve-Gera"]·urd["اور-جیرا","جیرا","جیرا-کا","جیرا-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֵּרָא n.pr.m. (Ph. גרא) son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 (lacking Nu 26:38–40); son of Belaʿ, & grandson of Benj., according to 1 Ch 8:3, 5 cf. v 7; designation of a Benjamite family or clan; hence Ehud called בֶּן־גֵּרָא Ju 3:15, & so Shimei, 2 S 16:5; 19:17, 19 1 K 2:8.