Strong's Hebrew · H1617
H1617 Gêrâʼ
גֵּרָא
gay-raw'
Gera.
When Gêrâʼ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.
Definition
Gera, the name of six Israelites
Derivation
perhaps from H1626 (גֵּרָה); a grain;
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.”
“Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.”
“and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king”
“Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’”
“The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,”
“And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.”
“As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.”
“Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,”
“The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.”
When Gêrâʼ is spoken over you
Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what Gêrâʼ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.
Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like 1 Chronicles 8:5 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.
Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).