Senses
1. Gershon — Gershon (also Gershom in variant spelling), the firstborn son of Levi and ancestor of the Gershonite Levitical clan; attested 16 times in standard form and once in the variant 'Gershom' (1 Chr 6:1). English 'Gershon/Gershom', Spanish 'Gersón/Guersón', Hindi गेर्शोन/गेर्शोम, Arabic جِيرْشُونَ/جَرْشُومَ, Korean 게르손/게르순, Swahili 'Gershoni/Gershomu'. The Gershom variant is an orthographic alternation of the same Levitical patriarch, not a different individual. 17×
AR["جَرشوم","جَرْشُومَ","جَرْشُونَ","جَرْشُونُ","جِيرْشُونَ","جِيرْشُونُ","لِ-جَيرْشُونَ","لِجِيرْشُونَ"]·ben["-তে-গের্শোন","গেরশোনের","গের্শোন","গের্শোনের","গের্শোনের-জন্য","বংশধরদের"]·DE["Gerschom","Gerschon","Gershon","[גרשון]","zu-Gershon"]·EN["Gershom","Gershon","to-Gershon"]·FR["Gershon","Guershon","[גרשום]","[גרשון]","à-Guershon"]·heb["גרשום","גרשון","ל-גרשון"]·HI["के-लिए-गेरशोन","गेरशोन","गेरशोन-के","गेरशोन-को","गेर्शोन","गेर्शोन-के","गेर्शोम"]·ID["Gersom","Gerson","dari-Gerson","untuk-Gerson"]·IT["Gershon","Gherson","[גרשום]","[גרשון]","a-Gherson"]·jav["Gerson","Gèrsom","Gèrson","Gèrsyon","Kanggé-Gèrson","kagem-Gèrson"]·KO["게르손","게르손-에게","게르손과","게르손의","게르순","게르스온의","에게-게르손"]·PT["Gershom","Gershon","Para-Gershon","de-Gershon"]·RU["Гершом","Гершома","Гершон","Гершона","Гирсон","для-Гершона","от-Гершона"]·ES["De-Gersón","Gershon","Gersón","Guershon","Guerson","Guersón","de-Gersón"]·SW["Gershomu","Gershoni","Kwa-Gershoni","kwa-Gershoni","wa-Gershoni"]·TR["-Gerşon'a","Gerşom","Gerşom'un","Gerşon","Gerşon'un","Gerşon-için"]·urd["جیرسون","جیرسون-کے","جیرشوم","جیرشوم-کے","جیرشون","جیرشون-سے","جیرشون-کے","کے-لیے-جیرشون","گیرشون-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֵּרְשׁוֹן n.pr.m. son of Levi (= גרשׁם 1 Ch 6:1, 28; 15:7 גרשׁום 1 Ch 6:2, 5, 47, 56) Gn 46:11; Ex 6:16, 17 Nu 3:17, 18, 21, 25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17; 26:57; Jos 21:6, 27; 1 Ch 5:27; 23:6 (particularly in expression sons of Gershon, i.e. family, descendants of Gershon Nu 3:25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17 Jos 21:6, 27; cf. sons of Gershom 1 Ch 6:47, 56; 15:7).