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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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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, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - For seven days no leaven is to be seen in your houses: for whoever takes bread which is leavened will be cut off from the people of Israel, if he is from another country or if he is an Israelite by birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:49 - The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by birth and those from other lands who are living among you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:12 - For this reason I have said to the children of Israel, No man among you, or any others living with you, may take blood as food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:18 - Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:22 - You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let him do as is ordered in the law of the Passover: there is to be the same rule for the man from another nation and for him who had his birth in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - And if a man from another country or any other person living among you, through all your generations, has the desire to give an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, let him do as you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - There is to be one law for you and for the man of another country living with you, one law for ever from generation to generation; as you are, so is he to be before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - And all the meeting of the children of Israel, as well as those from other lands living among them, will have forgiveness; for it was an error on the part of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - The law in connection with wrong done unconsciously is to be the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from another country who is living among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And he who takes up the dust of the burned cow is to have his clothing washed with water and be unclean till evening: this is to be a law for ever, for the children of Israel as well as for the man from another country who is living among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

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