Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1616
גֵּר
ger · “sojourner”
Used 92 times across 16 books
Definition
1) sojourner
1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights
1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights
1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights
1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights
Where it appears
Genesis2
Exodus12
Leviticus21
Numbers11
Deuteronomy22
Joshua3
2 Samuel1
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles2
Job1
Psalms4
Isaiah1
Jeremiah3
Ezekiel5
Zechariah1
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety 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;Genesis 23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.Exodus 2:22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.Exodus 12:19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.Exodus 12:48And 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 thereof.Exodus 12:49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.Exodus 18:3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:Exodus 20:10But 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 manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.Exodus 23:9Also 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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