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    Gershom

    GUR-shom

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Stranger there; Exile
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Gershom appears in the King James Bible, including Exodus 2:22.
    First appears in
    Exodus — Exodus and the Law
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Gershom embraces the stranger identity — living faithfully in foreign land while longing for the homeland God has promised.
    King James verses
    • Exodus 2:22

      "And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land."

    • Exodus 18:3

      "And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom."

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