Bible Person
Meaning: a stranger here · Male · 1 cross reference
This Gershom entry refers to a descendant of Phinehas who returns with Ezra, not to the son of Moses in Judges 18. He belongs to the priestly and returnee leadership of the post-exilic community. First appears in Ezra 8:2.1
AI summary: This Gershom matters because his single cross reference places a priestly family representative among those returning to Jerusalem. The entry helps show that restoration involved not only numbers but named leaders from important sacred lineages. Taken together, the material presents this Gershom as a priestly returnee in the restored community.1
Central Figure
Gershom
Meaning: a stranger here
A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2).
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezra |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.