Usually translated as
sojourn, dwell, be afraid, abide, fear, inhabitant, remain, stand in awe, assemble, gather, stranger, surely
Occurrences
Gûwr occurs 98 times in 94 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (4), Leviticus (11), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (1), Judges (6), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Job (4), Psalms (11), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (2)
- Genesis 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn (לָג֣וּר) there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 19:9 — And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn (לָגוּר֙), and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned (וַיָּ֖גָר) in Gerar.
- Genesis 21:23 — Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned (גַּ֥רְתָּה).
- Genesis 21:34 — And Abraham sojourned (וַיָּ֧גָר) in the Philistines’ land many days.
- Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn (גּ֚וּר) in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 32:4 — And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned (גַּ֔רְתִּי) with Laban, and stayed there until now:
- Genesis 35:27 — And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned (גָּֽר).
- Genesis 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn (לָג֣וּר) in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- Exodus 3:22 — But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth (וּמִגָּרַ֣ת) in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
- Exodus 6:4 — And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers (גָּ֥רוּ).
- Exodus 12:48 — And when a stranger shall sojourn (יָג֨וּר) with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
- Exodus 12:49 — One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) among you.
- Leviticus 16:29 — And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) among you:
- Leviticus 17:8 — And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn (יָג֣וּר) among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Leviticus 17:10 — And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn (הַגָּ֣ר) among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:12 — Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) among you eat blood.
- Leviticus 17:13 — And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn (הַגָּ֣ר) among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
- Leviticus 18:26 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) among you:
- Leviticus 19:33 — And if a stranger sojourn (יָג֧וּר) with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
- Leviticus 19:34 — But the stranger that dwelleth (הַגָּ֣ר) with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 20:2 — Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn (הַגָּ֣ר) in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 25:6 — And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּרִ֖ים) with thee,
- Leviticus 25:45 — Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn (הַגָּרִ֤ים) among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
- Numbers 9:14 — And if a stranger shall sojourn (יָג֨וּר) among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
- Numbers 15:14 — And if a stranger sojourn (יָגוּר֩) with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
- Numbers 15:15 — One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֑ר) with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
- Numbers 15:16 — One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) with you.
- Numbers 15:26 — And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֣ר) among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
- Numbers 15:29 — Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֣ר) among them.
- Numbers 19:10 — And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֥ר) among them, for a statute for ever.
- Numbers 22:3 — And Moab was sore afraid (וַיָּ֨גָר) of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid (תָג֙וּרוּ֙) of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
- Deuteronomy 18:6 — And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned (גָּ֣ר), and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
- Deuteronomy 18:22 — When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid (תָג֖וּר) of him.
- Deuteronomy 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned (וַיָּ֥גָר) there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
- Deuteronomy 32:27 — Were it not that I feared (אָג֔וּר) the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
- Joshua 20:9 — These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth (הַגָּ֣ר) among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
- Judges 5:17 — Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain (יָג֖וּר) in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
- Judges 17:7 — And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned (גָֽר) there.
- Judges 17:8 — And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn (לָג֖וּר) where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
- Judges 17:9 — And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn (לָג֖וּר) where I may find a place.
- Judges 19:1 — And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning (גָּ֚ר) on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
- Judges 19:16 — And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned (גָ֖ר) in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn (לָגוּר֙) in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
- 1 Samuel 18:15 — Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid (וַיָּ֖גָר) of him.
- 2 Samuel 4:3 — And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners (גָּרִ֔ים) there until this day.)
- 1 Kings 17:20 — And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn (מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר), by slaying her son?
- 2 Kings 8:1 — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn (וְג֖וּרִי) wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:1 — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn (תָּג֑וּרִי): for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.