Ger גֵּר

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Ger
גֵּר
Transliterationger
Strong's numberH1616
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosssojourner
Occurrences92 in 83 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (21)

Ger (Hebrew גֵּר, Strong's H1616) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sojourner”. It occurs 92 times in 83 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVstranger (68), strangers (18), alien (1), sojourner (1), stranger's (1)
BSBforeigner (41), foreigners (14), foreign resident (8), nor the foreigner (3), any foreigner (3), foreigner residing (2), well as the foreigner (2), strangers (1), whether a foreigner (1), how it feels to be foreigners (1), well as the foreign resident (1), any foreign resident (1), and 13 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Ger, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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