Tôwshâb — H8453

Definition

masculine noun

resident alien

1. sojourner, stranger

Usually translated as

sojourner, stranger, foreigner, inhabitant

Origin

or tôshâb; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427; a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237)); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427) and a temporary inmate (H1616) or mere lodger (H3885))

• Derived from Yâshab (H3427)
• Derived from Nokrîy (H5237)
• Derived from Gêr (H1616)
• Derived from Lûwn (H3885)

Greek equivalents

• parepídēmos (G3927)
• pároikos (G3941)

Occurrences

Tôwshâb occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Leviticus (7), Numbers (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1)

• Genesis 23:4 — I am a stranger and a sojourner (וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב) with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
• Exodus 12:45 — A foreigner (תּוֹשָׁ֥ב) and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
• Leviticus 22:10 — There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner (תּוֹשַׁ֥ב) of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
• 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 (וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔) that sojourneth with thee,
• Leviticus 25:23 — The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners (וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים) with me.
• Leviticus 25:35 — And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner (וְתוֹשָׁ֛ב); that he may live with thee.
• Leviticus 25:40 — But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner (כְּתוֹשָׁ֖ב), he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
• Leviticus 25:45 — Moreover of the children of the strangers (הַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜ים) that do sojourn 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.
• Leviticus 25:47 — And if a sojourner or stranger (וְתוֹשָׁב֙) wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
• Leviticus 25:47 — And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner (תּוֹשָׁב֙) by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
• Numbers 35:15 — These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner (וְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙) among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
• 1 Kings 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants (מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י) of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15 — For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners (וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים), as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
• Psalms 39:12 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner (תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב), as all my fathers were.