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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:13; 15:16; 23:4; 23:4

Exodus

2:22; 12:19; 12:19; 12:48; 12:48; 12:48; 12:49; 12:49; 18:3; 20:10; 20:10; 22:20; 22:20; 22:20; 23:9; 23:9; 23:12

Leviticus

16:29; 16:29; 17:8; 17:8; 17:10; 17:10; 17:12; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:15; 18:26; 18:26; 19:10; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 20:2; 20:2; 22:18; 23:22; 24:16; 24:16; 24:22; 25:23; 25:23; 25:35; 25:35; 25:47; 25:47

Numbers

9:14; 9:14; 15:14; 15:14; 15:15; 15:15; 15:16; 15:16; 15:26; 15:26; 15:29; 15:29; 15:30; 15:30; 19:10; 19:10; 35:15

Deuteronomy

1:16; 1:16; 5:14; 10:18; 10:19; 10:19; 14:21; 14:29; 16:11; 16:14; 23:8; 24:14; 24:17; 24:19; 24:20; 24:21; 26:11; 26:12; 26:13; 27:19; 28:43; 29:10; 31:12

Joshua

8:33; 8:33; 8:35; 20:9; 20:9

2 Samuel

1:13

1 Chronicles

22:2; 29:15; 29:15

2 Chronicles

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 30:25; 30:25

Job

31:32

Psalms

39:13; 39:13; 94:6; 119:19; 146:9

Isaiah

14:1

Jeremiah

7:6; 14:8; 22:3

Ezekiel

14:7; 22:7; 22:29; 47:22; 47:22; 47:23; 47:23

Zechariah

7:10

Malachi

3:5

H1616

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - "I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - For seven days yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast - that person will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner or one born in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - "When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land - but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land"),

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - "You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - "You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - "This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides in your midst,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - "You are to say to them: 'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - "'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - "'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - "'Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - "You are to say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - "Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - "'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - "'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - If a resident foreigner is living with you - or whoever is among you in future generations - and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he must do it the same way you are to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - And the whole community of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - "'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the LORD. That person must be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - You shall rejoice before him - you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you - in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.

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