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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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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 BoxGen 15:13 - And he said to Abram, Know certainly that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he shall be a stranger, or born in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - One law shall be to him that is home-born, and to the stranger that sojourneth among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thy ox and thy ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And this shall be a statute for ever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - And thou shalt say to them, Whatever man there may be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - And whatever man there may be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - And whatever man there may be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, who hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, (whether it is one of your own country, or a stranger) he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening; then shall he be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a stranger shall sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not oppress him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be to you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed to Molech, he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, Whoever he may be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his free-will-offerings, which they will offer to the LORD for a burnt-offering:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them to the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - And if thy brother shall have become poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he may be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if a sojourner or a stranger shall become rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him shall become poor, and sell himself to the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover to the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner of it, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - And if a stranger shall sojourn with you, or whoever shall be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

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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 thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - He executeth the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it to the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it to an alien: for thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he is of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment for a pledge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

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