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Exodus 2

Ex. 2:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And she bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
him a son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and he called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
βGershom
Gershom (Hebrew #1647)
Gereshom, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Gershom.
Pronounce: gay-resh-ome'
Origin: for 1648
: for he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I have been a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
in a strange
nokriy (Hebrew #5237)
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
KJV usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
Pronounce: nok-ree'
Origin: from 5235 (second form)
land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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i.e. a stranger here.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gershom.
i.e., a stranger here.
1 Chron. 23:14‑17• 14--And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
 15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
 16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
 17And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. (1 Chron. 23:14‑17)
for he said.
Ex. 2:10• 10And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. (Ex. 2:10)
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Ex. 18:3• 3and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom--for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land, (Ex. 18:3)
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Ex. 22:21• 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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1 Chron. 16:20• 20And they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. (1 Chron. 16:20)
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1 Chron. 29:15• 15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life. (1 Chron. 29:15)
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. (Psa. 39:12)
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Psa. 119:19• 19I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me. (Psa. 119:19)
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Acts 7:29• 29And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons. (Acts 7:29)
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Heb. 11:13‑14• 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country. (Heb. 11:13‑14)
• The heart of Moses is still with his people, and hence he names his son Gershom; “for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land” (vs. 22). (“The Birth of Moses: Exodus 2” by E. Dennett)
• The comparison is most instructive, and shows in what special aspects Joseph {Gen. 41:51-52} and Moses are types of Christ. If Joseph presents us with Christ as raised through death to the right hand of the throne over the Gentiles, and thereon disclosing Himself to, and receiving His brethren, Moses gives us Christ more exclusively as the Redeemer of Israel; and hence, though he marries during the time of his rejection, and is thus in some sort a figure of Christ and the church in this dispensation, his heart is still with the children of Israel, and therefore he is a stranger in a strange land. (“The Birth of Moses: Exodus 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershome; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

JND Translation Notes

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Banishment, or Guest; or, A sojourner there.

W. Kelly Translation

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And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershoma ; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

WK Translation Notes

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A sojourner there.