The Definition of the word Gershom

Gershom

Expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, "62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.)." "(2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian "(Ex. 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in" "obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a" "sudden and dangerous illness (4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife" believed to have been sent because he had neglected to "circumcise his son. She accordingly took a "sharp stone" and" "circumcised her son Gershom, saying, "Surely a bloody husband" "art thou to me", i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it" "were, purchased her husband, had won him back again." "(3.) A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2). "(4.) The son of Manasseh (Judg. 18:30), in R.V. "of Moses."