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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 2 / 2 (Deu 24:20–Mal 3:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - “When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner H1616, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.

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“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner H1616, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:11 - and you and the Levite and the sojourner H1616 who is among you shall be glad in all the good which Yahweh your God has given you and your household.

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“When you have finished [fn]paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the sojourner H1616, to the [fn]orphan, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “Then you shall say before Yahweh your God, ‘I have purged the sacred portion from my house, and I also have given it to the Levite and the sojourner H1616, the [fn]orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not trespassed against or forgotten any of Your commandments.

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‘Cursed is he who perverts the justice due a sojourner H1616, [fn]orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The sojourner H1616 who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner H1616 who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - “Assemble the people, the men and the women and little ones and [fn]the sojourner H1616 who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner H1616 as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the sojourners H1616 who were [fn]going among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the sojourner H1616 who sojourns among them, that whoever strikes down any person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he [fn]answered, “I am the son of a sojourner H1616, an Amalekite.”

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So David said to gather the sojourners H1616 who were in the land of Israel, and he [fn]appointed [fn]stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - “For we are sojourners H1616 before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

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Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners H1616 who were in the land of Israel, following the [fn]census which his father David had [fn]taken; and 153,600 were found.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:25 - And all the assembly of Judah were glad, with the priests and the Levites and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the sojourners H1616 who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 -

“The sojourner H1616 has not lodged outside,

For I have opened my doors to the [fn]traveler—

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“Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a sojourner H1616 with You,

A foreign resident like all my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 -

They slay the widow and the sojourner H1616

And murder the orphans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 -

I am a sojourner H1616 in the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

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Yahweh keeps the sojourners H1616;

He [fn]helps up the orphan and the widow,

But He bends the way of the wicked.

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When Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and [fn]put them in their own land, then sojourners H1616 will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the sojourner H1616, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,

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“O Hope of Israel,

Its Savior in time of distress,

Why are You like a sojourner H1616 in the land

Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent to lodge for the night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner H1616, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - “For anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners H1616 who sojourn in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I, Yahweh, will be brought to answer him in My own person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - “They have treated father and mother with contempt within you. The sojourner H1616 they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have mistreated in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - “The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have mistreated the afflicted and needy and have oppressed the sojourner H1616 without justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - “And it will be that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the sojourners H1616 who sojourn in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - “And it will be that in the tribe with which the sojourner H1616 sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and do not oppress the widow or the [fn]orphan, the sojourner H1616 or the afflicted; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

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“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan, and those who turn aside the sojourner H1616 and do not [fn]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.


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