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Geshem, Gashmu

“Gashmu” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Neh. 6:6⁶Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. (Nehemiah 6:6)). [GESHEM ]

“Geshem, Gashmu” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(rain). A scoffing Arabian (Neh. 2:19; 6:1-2¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Nehemiah 2:19)
¹Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) ²That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. (Nehemiah 6:1‑2)).

“Gashmu” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

See GESHEM.

“Geshem” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

An Arabian, who with Sanballat and Tobiah sought to hinder the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 2:19¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Nehemiah 2:19); Neh. 6:1-2¹Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) ²That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. (Nehemiah 6:1‑2)). Called also GASHMU in ver. 6.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1654 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Geshem

Phonic:

gheh’-shem

Meaning:

or (prolonged) Gashmuw {gash-moo'}; the same as 1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian

KJV Usage:

Geshem, Gashmu

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

rain

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Rain; springs; rivers:-an Arabian [GASHMU], Neh. 6:1. {Pluvia}