HebrewH1616Noun (Masculine)

גֵּר

ger

78Occurrences
H1616Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481 (גּוּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. sojourner 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גֵּר appears 78 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
19
Leviticus
18
Numbers
9
Exodus
8
Ezk
5
Jeremiah
3
Joshua
3
Psalms
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 22:2BSB

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

Deuteronomy 24:21BSB

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

Exodus 23:12BSB

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Joshua 8:35BSB

There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

Leviticus 24:22BSB

You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

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