תּוֹשָׁב
to.shav
“sojourner”
Definition
resident alien
or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427 (יָשַׁב); a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237 (נׇכְרִי))); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427 (יָשַׁב)) and a temporary inmate (H1616 (גֵּר)) or mere lodger (H3885 (לוּן)))
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
תּוֹשָׁב appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.
No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
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