Gêr — H1616

H1616 · Hebrew — גר

Pronunciation: gare

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

  1. sojourner
    1. a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights
    2. of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

Usually translated as

stranger, alien, sojourner

Origin

or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Gêr occurs 92 times in 83 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (9), Leviticus (18), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (21), Joshua (3), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (1), Psalms (4), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (5), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — G