Bible Names

Gera: meaning of the name

Gera means “pilgrimage, combat; dispute.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Gera in Hebrew and Greek

גֵּרָא H1617

Gêrâʼ (gay-raw') — Gera, the name of six Israelites

perhaps from H1626 (גֵּרָה); a grain;

People named Gera in the Bible

Gera in Scripture

“Gera” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 46:21

    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  • Judges 3:15

    But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

  • 2 Samuel 16:5

    And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

  • 2 Samuel 19:16

    And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

  • 2 Samuel 19:18

    And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

  • 1 Kings 2:8

    And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:3

    And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

  • 1 Chronicles 8:5

    And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.