גּוּר gur

Hebrew word for “to sojourn” · Strong’s H1481 · used 97 times in 93 verses

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Meaning

1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely;

Senses in the lexicon

• to sojourn (81)
• to dread (10)
• to quarrel (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for gur in context, with how often each is used:

• sojourn 20
• who sojourns 14
• will sojourn 10
• sojourned 6
• sojourning 6
• afraid 6
• sojourners 5
• have sojourned 3
• will he sojourn 3
• will be afraid 3
• stir up trouble 3
• who sojourn 2

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 15 (5), Leviticus 17 (4), Jeremiah 44 (4), Judges 17 (3), Jeremiah 42 (3), Genesis 21 (2), Exodus 12 (2), Leviticus 19 (2), Leviticus 25 (2), Deuteronomy 18 (2)

Forms

• לגור 18
• יגור 14
• הגר 14
• גר 10
• יגורו 7
• ויגר 5
• הגרים 3
• גרים 3
• גור 2
• גרתי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gur more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 22
• שָׁם sham “there” 24
• אֶזְרָח ezrach “born” 8
• כֶם khem “you” 15
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 13
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 12
• רָעָב raav “famine” 7
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 11
• מִן־ min “from” 12
• עִם im “with” 11
• אֵת et “with” 10
• בֵּית לֶחֶם bet lechem “Bethlehem” 5

Key verses

The verses using gur that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn 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…
• 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,…
• Leviticus 17:10 — And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face…
• 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 in Israel, that giveth any of his…
• 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 of the face of man; for the judgment is…
• 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 there with a few, and…
• 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…
• Isaiah 11:6 — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little…
• Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
• Jeremiah 43:2 — Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God…
• Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart,…
• Hosea 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.