Mâgûwr — H4033

Definition

masculine noun

a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence

1. sojourning place, dwelling-place, sojourning
1. dwelling-place
2. sojourning, lifetime

Usually translated as

pilgrimage, be a stranger, where sojourn, dwelling

Origin

or mâgur; from H1481 in the sense of lodging

• Derived from Gûwr (H1481)

Occurrences

Mâgûwr occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger (מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ), all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Genesis 28:4 — And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger (מְגֻרֶ֔יךָ), which God gave unto Abraham.
• Genesis 36:7 — For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers (מְגֽוּרֵיהֶם֙) could not bear them because of their cattle.
• Genesis 37:1 — And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger (מְגוּרֵ֣י), in the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage (מְגוּרַ֔י) are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage (מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם).
• Exodus 6:4 — And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage (מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם), wherein they were strangers.
• Job 18:19 — He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings (בִּמְגוּרָֽיו).
• Psalms 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings (בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם), and among them.
• Psalms 119:54 — Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage (מְגוּרָֽי).
• Ezekiel 20:38 — And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn (מְגֽוּרֵיהֶם֙), and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.