Grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:3, 5,7).
(2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Judg. 3:15).
(3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David (2 Sam. 16:5; 19:16, 18).
Gera
Gera was a family name among the people of Benjamin, and it is attached to a handful of men in Scripture. One was among Benjamin’s sons in Genesis 46. Another was the father of Ehud, the left-handed deliverer whom the LORD raised up when Israel cried out (Judges 3:15). The best known is Shimei son of Gera, who cursed David as he fled Jerusalem and then fell down before him at the Jordan once the king was returning (2 Samuel 16:5; 19:18). The name mostly marks a family line, and these verses are a small thread of it.
9 verses
Genesis
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
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
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
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
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.
1 Chronicles 8:7
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(a grain), one of the "sons," i.e. descendants, of Benjamin. (Genesis 46:21) Gera, who is named, (Judges 3:15) as the ancestor of Ehud, and in (2 Samuel 16:5) as the ancestor of Shimei who cursed David, is probably also the same person (though some consider them different persons).