Geshem

Also called Gashmu

Mentioned 445–444 BC traditional (Jones)

Or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the enemies of the Jews after the return from Babylon (Neh. 2:19; 6:1, 2). He united with Sanballat and Tobiah in opposing the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 4 verses

Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
Named in the same verses as Sanballat and Tobiah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Geshem, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Hakkephirim1
likely location: Ono1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 470–419 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

Nehemiah4

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Geshem 4Gashmu 0
KJV	Geshem 3Gashmu 1
ASV	Geshem 3Gashmu 1

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

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Nehemiah4 verses

2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
6:1
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
6:2
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
6:6
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.