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Lexicon :: Strong's H1616 - gār

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גָּר
Transliteration
gār
Pronunciation
gare
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 330a

Strong’s Definitions

גֵּר gêr, gare; or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner:—alien, sojourner, stranger.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's H1616 in the following manner: stranger (87x), alien (1x), sojourner (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x), stranger (with H4480) (1x), strangers (with H582) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's H1616 in the following manner: stranger (87x), alien (1x), sojourner (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x), stranger (with H4480) (1x), strangers (with H582) (1x).
  1. sojourner

    1. a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights

    2. of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֵּר gêr, gare; or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner:—alien, sojourner, stranger.
STRONGS H1616: Abbreviations
גֵּר noun masculineExodus 12:48 sojourner (Arabic جَارً, Ethiopic ግዩር፡ ጎር፡ Aramaic Ruvwg, גִּיּוֺר, prostelyte, גַּיֵּר proselytize, Phoenician גר in proper name, & plural גרם) — גֵּר Genesis 15:16 + 74 times; suffix גֵּרְךָ Exodus 20:10 + 4 times, גֵּרוֺ Deuteronomy 1:16; plural גֵּרִים Exodus 22:20 + 9 times, גֵּירִים 2 Chronicles 2:16; —
1. sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare Exodus 12:19; Leviticus 24:16; Numbers 15:30; Joshua 8:33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron Genesis 23:4 (P; || תּוֺשָׁב); Moses in desert Exodus 2:22 (J) Exodus 18:3 (E; here explanation of name Gershom, Moses' son); as claiming hospitality Job 31:32; perhaps in above cases, and certainly in general, with technical sense; figurative of Yahweh Jeremiah 14:8; of Israel in Egypt Genesis 15:13; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9 (all J E) Leviticus 19:34 (H) Deuteronomy 10:19; Deuteronomy 23:8; גֵּרִים with Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 (H) 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13 (in all || תּוֺשָׁב) compare Psalm 119:19.
2. usually of גֵּרים in Israel 2 Samuel 1:13 (Amalekite) compare Joshua 8:33, 35 (E) Joshua 20:9 (P) Isaiah 14:1; dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited right (compare RSOTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f. StaGeschichte.i.400). The גֵּר is to share in Sabbath rest Exodus 20:10; Exodus 23:12 (both J E) Deuteronomy 5:14; otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel Exodus 12:19, 48, 49; Leviticus 16:29 (all P) Leviticus 17:8, 10, 12, 13, 15; Leviticus 18:26; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 22:18; Leviticus 24:16, 22 (all H) Numbers 9:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:14, 15 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:16, 26, 29, 30; Numbers 19:10; Numbers 35:15 (all P) Ezekiel 14:7; similar rights Deuteronomy 1:16; Ezekiel 47:22, 23; and like privileges Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; Deuteronomy 26:11; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 31:12 compare 2 Chronicles 30:25; very rarely any distinction made, in obligation Leviticus 25:47 (3 times in verse) (H), in permissible food Deuteronomy 14:21; in future success Deuteronomy 28:43; kindness to גֵּר frequently enjoined: Leviticus 19:10 (|| עָנִי), Leviticus 23:22 (|| id.) Leviticus 19:34 (all H); Deuteronomy 10:18, 19; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 24:19, 20, 21; Deuteronomy 26:12, 13 (all || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); oppression prohibited Leviticus 19:33 (H) Deuteronomy 24:14; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9 (twice in verse) (JE) Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10 (these eight || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); object of care to י׳ Psalm 146:9 (|| id.); charge that גֵּר has been oppressed Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5 (both || id.); also Ezekiel 22:29 (|| עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֺן), Psalm 94:6; compare also command that a poor brother be treated like גֵּר i.e. kindly, Leviticus 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: גֵּר 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2 Chronicles 2:16 (הַגֵּירִים) gathered for hard service; yet compare 2 Chronicles 30:25. (Often with verbal cognate Exodus 12:48, 49; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 17:8, 10, 12, 13; Leviticus 18:26; Leviticus 19:33; Leviticus 20:2; Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:14, 15, 16, 26, 29; Numbers 19:10; Joshua 20:9; Ezekiel 47:22, 23; oft || תּוֺשָׁב Genesis 23:4; Leviticus 25:23, 35, 47; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13).

† [גֵּיר] noun masculine 2 Chronicles 2:16 see גֵּר above.
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Strong's Number H1616 matches the Hebrew גָּר (gār),
which occurs 92 times in 83 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:13–Deu 24:19)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - And he said H559 unto Abram, H87 Know H3045 of a surety H3045 that thy seed H2233 shall be a stranger H1616 in a land H776 that is not theirs, and shall serve H5647 them; and they shall afflict H6031 them four H702 hundred H3967 years; H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - I am a stranger H1616 and a sojourner H8453 with you: give H5414 me a possession H272 of a buryingplace H6913 with you, that I may bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - And she bare H3205 him a son, H1121 and he called H7121 his name H8034 Gershom: H1647 for he said, H559 I have been a stranger H1616 in a strange H5237 land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - Seven H7651 days H3117 shall there be no leaven H7603 found H4672 in your houses: H1004 for whosoever eateth H398 that which is leavened, H2556 even that soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from the congregation H5712 of Israel, H3478 whether he be a stranger, H1616 or born H249 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - And when a stranger H1616 shall sojourn H1481 with thee, and will keep H6213 the passover H6453 to the LORD, H3068 let all his males H2145 be circumcised, H4135 and then let him come near H7126 and keep H6213 it; and he shall be as one that is born H249 in the land: H776 for no uncircumcised person H6189 shall eat H398 thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - One H259 law H8451 shall be to him that is homeborn, H249 and unto the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - And her two H8147 sons; H1121 of which the name H8034 of the one H259 was Gershom; H1647 for he said, H559 I have been an alien H1616 in a strange H5237 land: H776
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - But the seventh H7637 day H3117 is the sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 thy God: H430 in it thou shalt not do H6213 any work, H4399 thou, nor thy son, H1121 nor thy daughter, H1323 thy manservant, H5650 nor thy maidservant, H519 nor thy cattle, H929 nor thy stranger H1616 that is within thy gates: H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Thou shalt neither vex H3238 a stranger, H1616 nor oppress H3905 him: for ye were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - Also thou shalt not oppress H3905 a stranger: H1616 for ye know H3045 the heart H5315 of a stranger, H1616 seeing H3588 ye were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six H8337 days H3117 thou shalt do H6213 thy work, H4639 and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 thou shalt rest: H7673 that thine ox H7794 and thine ass H2543 may rest, H5117 and the son H1121 of thy handmaid, H519 and the stranger, H1616 may be refreshed. H5314
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And this shall be a statute H2708 for ever H5769 unto you: that in the seventh H7637 month, H2320 on the tenth H6218 day of the month, H2320 ye shall afflict H6031 your souls, H5315 and do H6213 no work H4399 at all, whether it be one of your own country, H249 or a stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 you:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - And thou shalt say H559 unto them, Whatsoever man H376 there be of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers H1616 which sojourn H1481 among H8432 you, that offereth H5927 a burnt offering H5930 or sacrifice, H2077
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - And whatsoever man H376 there be of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers H1616 that sojourn H1481 among H8432 you, that eateth H398 any manner of blood; H1818 I will even set H5414 my face H6440 against that soul H5315 that eateth H398 blood, H1818 and will cut him off H3772 from among H7130 his people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - Therefore I said H559 unto the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 No soul H5315 of you shall eat H398 blood, H1818 neither shall any stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 you eat H398 blood. H1818
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - And whatsoever man H376 there be of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers H1616 that sojourn H1481 among H8432 you, which hunteth H6679 and catcheth H6718 any beast H2416 or fowl H5775 that may be eaten; H398 he shall even pour H8210 out the blood H1818 thereof, and cover H3680 it with dust. H6083
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - And every soul H5315 that eateth H398 that which died H5038 of itself, or that which was torn H2966 with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, H249 or a stranger, H1616 he shall both wash H3526 his clothes, H899 and bathe H7364 himself in water, H4325 and be unclean H2930 until the even: H6153 then shall he be clean. H2891
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - Ye shall therefore keep H8104 my statutes H2708 and my judgments, H4941 and shall not commit H6213 any of these abominations; H8441 neither any of your own nation, H249 nor any stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 you:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - And thou shalt not glean H5953 thy vineyard, H3754 neither shalt thou gather H3950 every grape H6528 of thy vineyard; H3754 thou shalt leave H5800 them for the poor H6041 and stranger: H1616 I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a stranger H1616 sojourn H1481 with thee in your land, H776 ye shall not vex H3238 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - But the stranger H1616 that dwelleth H1481 with you shall be unto you as one born H249 among you, and thou shalt love H157 him as thyself; for ye were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt: H4714 I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again, thou shalt say H559 to the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 Whosoever H376 he be of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers H1616 that sojourn H1481 in Israel, H3478 that giveth H5414 any of his seed H2233 unto Molech; H4432 he shall surely H4191 be put to death: H4191 the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones. H68
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - Speak H1696 unto Aaron, H175 and to his sons, H1121 and unto all the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and say H559 unto them, Whatsoever H376 he be of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 or of the strangers H1616 in Israel, H3478 that will offer H7126 his oblation H7133 for all his vows, H5088 and for all his freewill offerings, H5071 which they will offer H7126 unto the LORD H3068 for a burnt offering; H5930
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when ye reap H7114 the harvest H7105 of your land, H776 thou shalt not make clean riddance H3615 of the corners H6285 of thy field H7704 when thou reapest, H7114 neither shalt thou gather H3950 any gleaning H3951 of thy harvest: H7105 thou shalt leave H5800 them unto the poor, H6041 and to the stranger: H1616 I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - And he that blasphemeth H5344 the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 he shall surely H4191 be put to death, H4191 and all the congregation H5712 shall certainly H7275 stone H7275 him: as well the stranger, H1616 as he that is born in the land, H249 when he blasphemeth H5344 the name H8034 of the LORD, shall be put to death. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - Ye shall have one H259 manner of law, H4941 as well for the stranger, H1616 as for one of your own country: H249 for I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - The land H776 shall not be sold H4376 for ever: H6783 for the land H776 is mine; for ye are strangers H1616 and sojourners H8453 with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - And if thy brother H251 be waxen poor, H4134 and fallen in decay H4131 with thee; H3027 then thou shalt relieve H2388 him: yea, though he be a stranger, H1616 or a sojourner; H8453 that he may live H2416 with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if a sojourner H1616 or stranger H8453 wax rich H5381 by thee, H3027 and thy brother H251 that dwelleth by him wax poor, H4134 and sell H4376 himself unto the stranger H1616 or sojourner H8453 by thee, or to the stock H6133 of the stranger's H1616 family: H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if a stranger H1616 shall sojourn H1481 among you, and will keep H6213 the passover H6453 unto the LORD; H3068 according to the ordinance H2708 of the passover, H6453 and according to the manner H4941 thereof, so shall he do: H6213 ye shall have one H259 ordinance, H2708 both for the stranger, H1616 and for him that was born H249 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - And if a stranger H1616 sojourn H1481 with you, or whosoever be among H8432 you in your generations, H1755 and will offer H6213 an offering made by fire, H801 of a sweet H5207 savour H7381 unto the LORD; H3068 as ye do, H6213 so he shall do. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - One H259 ordinance H2708 shall be both for you of the congregation, H6951 and also for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 with you, an ordinance H2708 for ever H5769 in your generations: H1755 as ye are, so shall the stranger H1616 be before H6440 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - One H259 law H8451 and one H259 manner H4941 shall be for you, and for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - And it shall be forgiven H5545 all the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 them; seeing all the people H5971 were in ignorance. H7684
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - Ye shall have one H259 law H8451 for him that sinneth H6213 through ignorance, H7684 both for him that is born H249 among the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and for the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - But the soul H5315 that doeth H6213 ought presumptuously, H7311 H3027 whether he be born in the land, H249 or a stranger, H4480 H1616 the same reproacheth H1442 the LORD; H3068 and that soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from among H7130 his people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he that gathereth H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 shall wash H3526 his clothes, H899 and be unclean H2930 until the even: H6153 and it shall be unto the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and unto the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 them, for a statute H2708 for ever. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six H8337 cities H5892 shall be a refuge, H4733 both for the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and for the stranger, H1616 and for the sojourner H8453 among H8432 them: that every one that killeth H5221 any person H5315 unawares H7684 may flee H5127 thither.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And I charged H6680 your judges H8199 at that time, H6256 saying, H559 Hear H8085 the causes between your brethren, H251 and judge H8199 righteously H6664 between every man H376 and his brother, H251 and the stranger H1616 that is with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - But the seventh H7637 day H3117 is the sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 thy God: H430 in it thou shalt not do H6213 any work, H4399 thou, nor thy son, H1121 nor thy daughter, H1323 nor thy manservant, H5650 nor thy maidservant, H519 nor thine ox, H7794 nor thine ass, H2543 nor any of thy cattle, H929 nor thy stranger H1616 that is within thy gates; H8179 that thy manservant H5650 and thy maidservant H519 may rest H5117 as well as thou.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He doth execute H6213 the judgment H4941 of the fatherless H3490 and widow, H490 and loveth H157 the stranger, H1616 in giving H5414 him food H3899 and raiment. H8071
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - Love H157 ye therefore the stranger: H1616 for ye were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Ye shall not eat H398 of any thing that dieth of itself: H5038 thou shalt give H5414 it unto the stranger H1616 that is in thy gates, H8179 that he may eat H398 it; or thou mayest sell H4376 it unto an alien: H5237 for thou art an holy H6918 people H5971 unto the LORD H3068 thy God. H430 Thou shalt not seethe H1310 a kid H1423 in his mother's H517 milk. H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite, H3881 (because he hath no part H2506 nor inheritance H5159 with thee,) and the stranger, H1616 and the fatherless, H3490 and the widow, H490 which are within thy gates, H8179 shall come, H935 and shall eat H398 and be satisfied; H7646 that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 may bless H1288 thee in all the work H4639 of thine hand H3027 which thou doest. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 thou, and thy son, H1121 and thy daughter, H1323 and thy manservant, H5650 and thy maidservant, H519 and the Levite H3881 that is within thy gates, H8179 and the stranger, H1616 and the fatherless, H3490 and the widow, H490 that are among H7130 you, in the place H4725 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice H8055 in thy feast, H2282 thou, and thy son, H1121 and thy daughter, H1323 and thy manservant, H5650 and thy maidservant, H519 and the Levite, H3881 the stranger, H1616 and the fatherless, H3490 and the widow, H490 that are within thy gates. H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - Thou shalt not abhor H8581 an Edomite; H130 for he is thy brother: H251 thou shalt not abhor H8581 an Egyptian; H4713 because thou wast a stranger H1616 in his land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress H6231 an hired servant H7916 that is poor H6041 and needy, H34 whether he be of thy brethren, H251 or of thy strangers H1616 that are in thy land H776 within thy gates: H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Thou shalt not pervert H5186 the judgment H4941 of the stranger, H1616 nor of the fatherless; H3490 nor take H2254  a widow's H490 raiment H899 to pledge: H2254
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When thou cuttest down H7114 thine harvest H7105 in thy field, H7704 and hast forgot H7911 a sheaf H6016 in the field, H7704 thou shalt not go again H7725 to fetch H3947 it: it shall be for the stranger, H1616 for the fatherless, H3490 and for the widow: H490 that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 may bless H1288 thee in all the work H4639 of thine hands. H3027

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