גֵּר ger

Hebrew word for “sojourner” · Strong’s H1616 · used 92 times in 83 verses

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Meaning

1) sojourner; 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights; 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

How it is translated

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

• sojourner 71
• sojourners 18
• among the sojourner 1
• one of sojourners 1
• like a sojourner 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 15 (6), Leviticus 17 (5), Deuteronomy 24 (5), Exodus 12 (3), Leviticus 19 (3), Leviticus 25 (3), Deuteronomy 26 (3), Exodus 23 (2), Leviticus 24 (2), Deuteronomy 10 (2)

Forms

• גר 22
• הגר 13
• ולגר 12
• והגר 9
• גרים 7
• לגר 7
• כגר 5
• וגרך 4
• וגר 4
• בגר 1

Words used with it

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

• גּוּר gur “to sojourn” 22
• יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 18
• אַלְמָנָה almanah “widow” 18
• אֶזְרָח ezrach “born” 14
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 15
• תּוֹשָׁב toshav “sojourner” 7
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 10
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 9
• כֶם khem “you” 10
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 8
• יָנָה yanah “to oppress” 5
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 11

Key verses

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

• 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…
• 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; that he may live…
• Numbers 15:30 — But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from…
• Deuteronomy 16:11 — And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy…
• Deuteronomy 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
• Isaiah 14:1 — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall…
• Jeremiah 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
• Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the…
• Ezekiel 22:7 — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless…
• Zechariah 7:10 — And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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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.