Original Word: גֵּר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ger
Phonetic Spelling: (gare)
Short Definition: alien ^{Exodus 12:48} (Arabic 👁 Image
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, , prostelyte, proselytize, Phoenician in proper name, & plural ) — Genesis 15:16 74t.; suffix Exodus 20:10 4t., Deuteronomy 1:16; plural Exodus 22:20 9t., 2Chron 2:16; —

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; "" ); 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; with Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 (H) 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13 (in all "" ) compare Psalm 119:19.

usually of 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 RS^{OTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f.} Sta^{Geschichte.i.400}). The 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 t. in verse) (H), in permissible food Deuteronomy 14:21; in future success Deuteronomy 28:43; kindness to frequently enjoined: Leviticus 19:10 ("" ), 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 "" ); 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 "" ); object of care to Psalm 146:9 ("" id.); charge that has been oppressed Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5 (both "" id.); also Ezekiel 22:29 ("" ), Psalm 94:6; compare also command that a poor brother be treated like i.e. kindly, Leviticus 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2Chron 2:16 () 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 "" Genesis 23:4; Leviticus 25:23,35,47; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13).

[] 2Chron 2:16 see below I. .

alien, sojourner, stranger

Or (fully) geyr (gare); from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger.

see HEBREW guwr

בַּגֵּ֖ר בגר גֵ֖ר גֵ֣ר גֵ֣ר ׀ גֵּ֑ר גֵּ֔ר גֵּ֖ר גֵּ֗ר גֵּ֜ר גֵּ֣ר גֵּ֤ר גֵּ֥ר גֵּ֧ר גֵּֽר׃ גֵּרִ֗ים גֵּרֽוֹ׃ גֵּר־ גֵר֙ גֵרִ֥ים גֵרִ֧ים גֵרִ֨ים גר גר־ גר׃ גרו׃ גרים הַגֵּ֑ר הַגֵּ֔ר הַגֵּ֖ר הַגֵּ֣ר הַגֵּ֣ר ׀ הַגֵּ֥ר הַגֵּירִים֙ הַגֵּר֙ הַגֵּרִ֔ים הגירים הגר הגרים וְ֠הַגֵּר וְגֵ֖ר וְגֵ֣ר וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ וְגֵ֥ר וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ וְגֵר֩ וְגֵרְךָ֖ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ וְהַגֵּ֖ר וְהַגֵּ֛ר וְהַגֵּֽר׃ וְהַגֵּרִ֗ים וְלַגֵּ֖ר וְלַגֵּ֛ר וְלַגֵּ֣ר וְלַגֵּ֤ר וְלַגֵּר֙ וּבַגֵּ֑ר וּלְהַגֵּרִים֙ וּמֵהַגֵּר֮ ובגר וגר וגרך והגר והגר׃ והגרים ולגר ולהגרים ומהגר כְּגֵ֣ר כַּגֵּ֥ר כַּגֵּר֙ כגר לְגֵ֤ר לַגֵּ֛ר לַגֵּ֨ר לַגֵּר֙ לגר מִגֵּרְךָ֛ מגרך bag·gêr bagGer baggêr gê·rîm ḡê·rîm gê·rōw ger gêr ḡêr gêr- geRim gêrîm ḡêrîm geRo gêrōw hag·gê·rîm hag·gêr haggeiRim hagGer haggêr haggeRim haggêrîm kag·gêr kagGer kaggêr kə·ḡêr keGer kəḡêr lag·gêr lagGer laggêr lə·ḡêr leGer ləḡêr mig·gê·rə·ḵā miggereCha miggêrəḵā ū·ḇag·gêr ū·lə·hag·gê·rîm ū·mê·hag·gêr ūḇaggêr ulehaggeRim ūləhaggêrîm umehagGer ūmêhaggêr uvagGer veGer vegereCha vehagGer vehaggeRim velagGer wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā wə·ḡêr wə·hag·gê·rîm wə·hag·gêr wə·lag·gêr wəḡêr wəḡêrəḵā wəhaggêr wəhaggêrîm wəlaggêrInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 1616
92 Occurrences

bag·gêr — 1 Occ.
ḡêr — 22 Occ.
ḡê·rîm — 7 Occ.
gê·rōw — 1 Occ.
hag·gê·rîm — 1 Occ.
hag·gêr — 13 Occ.
hag·gê·rîm — 1 Occ.
kag·gêr — 4 Occ.
kə·ḡêr — 1 Occ.
lag·gêr — 6 Occ.
lə·ḡêr — 1 Occ.
mig·gê·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·hag·gê·rîm — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·hag·gêr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇag·gêr — 1 Occ.
wə·ḡêr — 4 Occ.
wə·ḡê·rə·ḵā — 4 Occ.
wə·hag·gêr — 9 Occ.
wə·hag·gê·rîm — 1 Occ.
wə·lag·gêr — 12 Occ.

Genesis 15:13
HEB: תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־ גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗
NAS: that your descendants will be strangers in a land
KJV: that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land
INT: certain for will be strangers become your descendants

Genesis 23:4
HEB: גֵּר־ וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב אָנֹכִ֖י
NAS: I am a stranger and a sojourner among
KJV: I [am] a stranger and a sojourner
INT: stranger sojourner I

Exodus 2:22
HEB: כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ
NAS: I have been a sojourner in a foreign
KJV: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange
INT: for said A sojourner have been land

Exodus 12:19
HEB: מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּגֵּ֖ר וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: of Israel, whether [he is] an alien or a native
KJV: of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born
INT: the congregation of Israel an alien A native of the land

Exodus 12:48
HEB: יָג֨וּר אִתְּךָ֜ גֵּ֗ר וְעָ֣שָׂה פֶסַח֮
NAS: But if a stranger sojourns
KJV: And when a stranger shall sojourn
INT: sojourns for A stranger and celebrates the Passover

Exodus 12:49
HEB: יִהְיֶ֖ה לָֽאֶזְרָ֑ח וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃
NAS: to the native as to the stranger who sojourns
KJV: shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth
INT: shall apply to the native to the stranger sojourns among

Exodus 18:3
HEB: כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ
NAS: I have been a sojourner in a foreign
KJV: for he said, I have been an alien in a strange
INT: for said A sojourner have been land

Exodus 20:10
HEB: וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ
NAS: or your cattle or your sojourner who
KJV: nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
INT: your female your cattle your sojourner who gates

Exodus 22:21
HEB: וְגֵ֥ר לֹא־ תוֹנֶ֖ה
NAS: You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress
KJV: Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress
INT: A stranger shall not wrong

Exodus 22:21
HEB: תִלְחָצֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land
KJV: nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land
INT: oppress for were strangers become the land

Exodus 23:9
HEB: וְגֵ֖ר לֹ֣א תִלְחָ֑ץ
NAS: You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves
KJV: Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know
INT: A stranger shall not oppress

Exodus 23:9
HEB: אֶת־ נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַגֵּ֔ר כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים
NAS: the feelings of a stranger, for you [also] were strangers
KJV: the heart of a stranger, seeing
INT: know the feelings of a stranger seeing you were strangers

Exodus 23:9
HEB: הַגֵּ֔ר כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: of a stranger, for you [also] were strangers in the land
KJV: seeing ye were strangers in the land
INT: of a stranger seeing you were strangers become the land

Exodus 23:12
HEB: בֶּן־ אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃
NAS: of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh
KJV: of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
INT: and the son of your female your stranger

Leviticus 16:29
HEB: תַעֲשׂ֔וּ הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃
NAS: whether the native, or the alien who sojourns
KJV: at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth
INT: do the native the alien sojourns among

Leviticus 17:8
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִן־ הַגֵּ֖ר אֲשֶׁר־ יָג֣וּר
NAS: of Israel, or from the aliens who
KJV: of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn
INT: of Israel from the aliens who sojourn

Leviticus 17:10
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־ הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם
NAS: of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn
KJV: of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn
INT: of Israel from the aliens sojourn among

Leviticus 17:12
HEB: תֹ֣אכַל דָּ֑ם וְהַגֵּ֛ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם
NAS: nor may any alien who sojourns
KJV: blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth
INT: may eat blood alien sojourns among

Leviticus 17:13
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־ הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם
NAS: of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn
KJV: of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn
INT: of Israel from the aliens sojourn among

Leviticus 17:15
HEB: וּטְרֵפָ֔ה בָּאֶזְרָ֖ח וּבַגֵּ֑ר וְכִבֶּ֨ס בְּגָדָ֜יו
NAS: [by beasts], whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash
KJV: [with beasts, whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash
INT: is torn native an alien shall wash his clothes

Leviticus 18:26
HEB: הָאֵ֑לֶּה הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃
NAS: [neither] the native, nor the alien who sojourns
KJV: [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth
INT: of these the native the alien sojourns among

Leviticus 19:10
HEB: תְלַקֵּ֑ט לֶֽעָנִ֤י וְלַגֵּר֙ תַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֹתָ֔ם
NAS: them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD
KJV: them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD
INT: gather the needy the stranger shall leave I

Leviticus 19:33
HEB: יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א
NAS: When a stranger resides
KJV: And if a stranger sojourn
INT: resides for A stranger your land shall not

Leviticus 19:34
HEB: יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם הַגֵּ֣ר ׀ הַגָּ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֗ם
NAS: The stranger who resides
KJV: [But] the stranger that dwelleth
INT: at become the stranger resides among

Leviticus 19:34
HEB: כָּמ֔וֹךָ כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land
KJV: among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land
INT: according to for were aliens become the land

92 Occurrences