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Lexicon :: Strong's H1616 - gār

Aa
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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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 - Then God said H559 to Abram H87, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that your [fn]descendants H2233 will be strangers H1616 in a land H776 that is not theirs H1992, [fn]where they will be enslaved H5647 and oppressed H6031 for four H702 hundred H3967 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “I am a stranger H1616 and a foreign H8453 resident H8453 among H5973 you; give H5414 me [fn]a burial H6913 site H272 among H5973 you so that I may bury H6912 my dead H4191 out of my sight H6440.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Then she gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and he named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Gershom H1647, for he said H559, “I have been H1961 a stranger H1616 in a foreign H5237 land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘For seven H7651 days H3117 there shall be no H3808 dough H7603 with H7603 yeast H7603 found H4672 in your houses H1004; for whoever H3605 eats H398 anything H2556 with H2556 yeast H2556, that [fn]person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from the congregation H5712 of Israel H3478, whether he is a stranger H1616 or a native H249 of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - “But if H3588 a stranger H1616 resides H1481 with you and [fn]celebrates H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD H3068, all H3605 of his males H2145 are to be circumcised H4135, and then H227 he shall come H7126 near H7126 to [fn]celebrate H6213 it; and he shall be like a native H249 of the land H776. But no H3605 H3808 uncircumcised H6189 male may eat H398 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - [fn]The same H259 law H8451 shall [fn]apply H1961 to the native H249 as to the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - and her two H8147 sons H1121, [fn]one H259 of whom H834 was named H8034 Gershom H1647, for Moses said H559, “I have been H1961 a stranger H1616 in a foreign H5237 land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a Sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 your God H430; on it you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399, you, or your son H1121, or your daughter H1323, your male H5650 slave H5650 or your female H519 slave H519, or your cattle H929, or your [fn]resident H1616 who H834 [fn]stays with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 -

“You shall not oppress H3238 a stranger H1616 nor torment H3905 him, for you were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 -

“You shall not oppress H3905 a stranger H1616, since you yourselves H859 know H3045 the [fn]feelings H5315 of a stranger H1616, for you also were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 -

“For six H8337 days H3117 you are to do H6213 your work H4639, but on the seventh H7637 day H3117 you shall cease H7673 from labor so H4616 that H4616 your ox H7794 and your donkey H2543 may rest H5117, and the son H1121 of your female H519 slave H519, as well as the stranger H1616 residing with you, may refresh H5314 themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 -

This shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 for you: in the seventh H7637 month H2320, on the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320, you shall humble H6031 [fn]yourselves H5315 and not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399, whether the native H249, or the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 you;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 -

“Then you shall say H559 to them, ‘Anyone H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the strangers H1616 who H834 reside H1481 among H8432 them, who H834 offers H5927 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 or H176 sacrifice H2077,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 -

‘And anyone H376 from the house H1004 of Israel H3478, or from the strangers H1616 who reside H1481 among H8432 them, who H834 eats H398 any H3605 blood H1818, I will set H5414 My face H6440 against that person H5315 who eats H398 the blood H1818, and will cut H3772 him off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - “Therefore H5921 H3651 I said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘No H3605 H3808 person H5315 among H4480 you may eat H398 blood H1818, nor H3808 may any stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 you eat H398 blood H1818.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - “So when anyone H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, or from the strangers H1616 who reside H1481 among H8432 them, [fn]while hunting H6718 catches H6679 an animal H2416 or H176 a bird H5775 which H834 may be eaten H398, he shall pour H8210 out H8210 its blood H1818 and cover H3680 it with dirt H6083.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - “And any H3605 person H5315 who H834 eats H398 an animal H5038 which H5038 dies H5038 or is torn H2966 by animals, whether he is a native H249 or a stranger H1616, shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 in water H4325, and remain H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153; then he will become H2891 clean H2891.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - ‘But as for you, you are to keep H8104 My statutes H2708 and My judgments H4941, and you shall not do H6213 any H4480 H3605 of these H428 abominations H8441, neither the native H249, nor the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 you
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘And you shall not glean H5953 your vineyard H3754, nor H3808 shall you gather H3950 the fallen H6528 grapes H6528 of your vineyard H3754; you shall leave H5800 them for the needy H6041 and for the stranger H1616. I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 -

‘When H3588 a stranger H1616 resides H1481 with you in your land H776, you shall not [fn]do H3238 him wrong H3238.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - ‘The stranger H1616 who resides H1481 with you shall be to you as the native H249 among H854 you, and you shall love H157 him as yourself, for you were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714; I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478:

‘Anyone H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the strangers H1616 residing H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his [fn]children H2233 to Molech H4432, shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - “Speak H1696 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, and to all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and say H559 to them, ‘Anyone H376 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 or of the strangers H1616 in Israel H3478 who H834 presents H7126 his offering H7133, whether it is any H3605 of their [fn]vows H5088 or any H3605 of their [fn]voluntary H5071 offerings H5071, which H834 they present H7126 to the LORD H3068 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 -

‘When you reap H7114 the harvest H7105 of your land H776, moreover, you shall not reap H7114 to the very H3615 edges H6285 of your field H7704 nor H3808 gather H3950 the gleaning H3951 of your harvest H7105; you are to leave H5800 them for the needy H6041 and the stranger H1616. I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - ‘Moreover, the one who blasphemes H5344 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; all H3605 the congregation H5712 shall certainly H7275 stone H7275 him. The stranger H1616 as well as the native H249, when he blasphemes H5344 the Name H8034, shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - ‘There shall be only one H259 [fn]standard H4941 for you; it shall be for the stranger H1616 as well as the native H249, for I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 -

‘The land H776, moreover, shall not be sold H4376 permanently H6783, because H3588 the land H776 is Mine; for you are only strangers H1616 and residents H8453 with Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 -

‘Now in H3588 case H3588 a countryman H251 of yours becomes H4134 poor H4134 and his [fn]means H3027 among H5973 you falter H4131, then you are to sustain H2388 him, like a stranger H1616 or a resident H8453, so that he may live H2421 with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 -

‘Now if H3588 the [fn]means H3027 of a stranger H1616 or of a foreign H8453 resident H8453 with you becomes H5381 sufficient H5381, and a countryman H251 of yours becomes H4134 poor H4134 in H5973 relation H5973 to H5973 him and sells H4376 himself to a stranger H1616 who H8453 is H8453 residing H8453 with you, or H176 to the descendants H6133 of a stranger’s H1616 family H4940,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - ‘And if H3588 a stranger H1616 resides H1481 among H854 you and [fn]celebrates H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD H3068, according to the statute H2708 of the Passover H6453 and its ordinance H4941, so H3651 he shall celebrate H6213 it; you shall have H1961 [fn]the same H259 statute H2708, both for the stranger H1616 and for the native H249 of the land H776.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - ‘Now if H3588 a stranger H1616 resides H1481 among H8432 you, or H176 one who H834 may be among H8432 you throughout your generations H1755, and he wants to make H6213 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801, as a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 to the LORD H3068, just H834 as H834 you do H6213 so H3651 shall he do H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - As for the assembly H6951, there shall be one H259 statute H2708 for you and for the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among you, a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout your generations H1755; as you are, so shall the stranger H1616 be before H6440 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - ‘There is to be one H259 law H8451 and one H259 ordinance H4941 for you and for the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 with you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - ‘So all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will be forgiven H5545, as well as the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 them, for guilt was attributed to all H3605 the people H5971 through an unintentional H7684 wrong H7684.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - ‘You shall have H1961 one H259 law H8451 for the native H249 among the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and for the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 them, for one who does H6213 anything wrong unintentionally H7684.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - ‘But the person H5315 who H834 does H6213 wrong [fn]defiantly H7311 H3027, whether H4480 he is a native H249 or a stranger H1616, that one H1931 is blaspheming H1442 the LORD H3068; and that person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘And the one who gathers H622 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and will be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153; and it shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and for the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These H428 six H8337 cities H5892 shall be a refuge H4733 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, for the stranger H1616, and for the foreign H8453 resident H8453 among H8432 them; so that anyone H3605 who [fn]kills H5221 a person H5315 unintentionally H7684 may flee H5127 there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 -

“Then I ordered H6680 your judges H8199 at that time H6256, saying H559, ‘Hear H8085 the cases between H996 your fellow H251 countrymen H251 and judge H8199 righteously H6664 between H996 a person H376 and his fellow H251 countryman H251, or the stranger H1616 who is with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a Sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 your God H430; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399 that day, you or your son H1121 or your daughter H1323, or your male H5650 slave H5650 or your female H519 slave H519, or your ox H7794, your donkey H2543, or any H3605 of your cattle H929, or your [fn]resident H1616 who H834 [fn]stays with you, so H4616 that H4616 your male H5650 slave H5650 and your female H519 slave H519 may rest H5117 as well as you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes H6213 justice H4941 for the orphan H3490 and the widow H490, and shows H157 His love H157 for the stranger H1616 by giving H5414 him food H3899 and clothing H8071.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - “So show H157 your love H157 for the stranger H1616, for you were strangers H1616 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the stranger H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a stranger H5237; for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God H430. You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk H2461.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite H3881, because H3588 he has H369 no H369 portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 among H5973 you, and the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and the widow H490 who H834 are in your [fn]town H8179, shall come H935 and eat H398 and be H7646 satisfied H7646, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hand H3027 which H834 you do H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430, you, your son H1121 and your daughter H1323, and your male H5650 and female H519 slaves H5650 H519, and the Levite H3881 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, and the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and the widow H490 who H834 are in your midst H7130, at the place H4725 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977 to establish H7931 His name H8034.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice H8055 in your feast H2282, you, your son H1121 and your daughter H1323, and your male H5650 and female H519 slaves H5650 H519, and the Levite H3881, the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and the widow H490 who H834 are in your [fn]towns H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 -

“You shall not loathe H8581 an [fn]Edomite H130, for he is your brother H251; you shall not loathe H8581 an Egyptian H4713, because H3588 you were a stranger H1616 in his land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 -

“You shall not exploit H6231 a hired H7916 worker H7916 who is poor H6041 and needy H34, whether H4480 he is one of your countrymen H251 or H176 one of your strangers H1616 who H834 are in your land H776 in your [fn]towns H8179.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 -

“You shall not pervert H5186 the justice H4941 [fn]due a stranger H1616 or [fn]an orphan H3490, nor H3808 seize H2254 a widow’s H490 garment H899 as H2254 a H2254 [fn]pledge H2254.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When H3588 you reap H7114 your harvest H7105 in your field H7704 and forget H7911 a sheaf H6016 in the field H7704, you are not to go H7725 back H7725 to get H3947 it; it shall belong H1961 to the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and to the widow H490, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands H3027.


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