H1653 - גֶּשֶׁם (geshem)

H1653 גֶּשֶׁם (geshem) gheh'-shem

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

rain

Strong's Definition

a shower

Derivation: from H1652 (גָּשַׁם);

KJV Usage: rain, shower.

TWOT Reference: 389a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) rain, shower

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1028 G5205 G5494

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

rain, shower

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֶּשֶׁם geshem BDB Definition: 1) rain, shower Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1652 Same Word by TWOT Number: 389a Total KJV Occurrences: 35

Bible Occurrences (32)

7:12 8:2

26:4

17:7 17:14 18:41 18:44 18:45

3:17

10:9 10:13

37:6

68:9 105:32

25:14 25:23

11:3 12:2

44:14 55:10

5:24 14:4

1:28 13:11 13:13 34:26 38:22

6:3

2:23

4:7

10:1 14:17

Genesis 7:12

And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 8:2

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Leviticus 26:4

I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

1 Kings 17:7

Some time later, however......, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.

1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.

1 Kings 18:44

On the seventh time [the servant] reported, There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea. And Elijah replied, Go and tell... Ahab, Prepare [your chariot] and go down before the rain... stops you.

1 Kings 18:45

Meanwhile............, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.