Lexical Summary ger: a sojourner Original Word: גֵּרTransliteration: ger Phonetic Spelling: (gare) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a sojourner Meaning: a guest, a foreigner Strong's Concordance alien, sojourner, stranger Or (fully) geyr (gare); from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger. see HEBREW guwr Brown-Driver-Briggs H1616. ger גֵּר noun masculineExodus 12:48 sojourner (Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic , גִּיּוֺר, prostelyte, גַּיֵּר proselytize, Phoenician גר in proper name, & plural גרם) — גֵּר Genesis 15:16 74t.; suffix גֵּרְךָ Exodus 20:10 4t., גֵּרוֺ Deuteronomy 1:16; plural גֵּרִים Exodus 22:20 9t., גֵּירִים2 Chronicles 2:16; — 1 sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare Exodus 12:19; Leviticus 24:16; Numbers 15:30; Joshua 8:33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron Genesis 23:4 (P; "" תּוֺשָׁב); Moses in desert Exodus 2:22 (J) 18:3 (E; here explanation of name Gershom, Moses' son); as claiming hospitality Job 31:32; perhaps in above cases, and certainly in General, with technical sense; figurative of Yahweh Jeremiah 14:8; of Israel in Egypt Genesis 15:13; Exodus 22:20; 23:9 (all J E) Leviticus 19:34 (H) Deuteronomy 10:19; 23:8; גֵּרִים with Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 (H) 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13 (in all "" תּוֺשָׁב) compare 119:19. 2 usually of גֵּרים in Israel 2 Samuel 1:13 (Amalekite) compare Joshua 8:33, 35 (E) 20:9 (P) Isaiah 14:1; dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited right (compare RSOTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f. StaGeschichte.i.400). The גֵּר is to share in Sabbath rest Exodus 20:10; 23:12 (both J E) Deuteronomy 5:14; otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel Exodus 12:19, 48, 49; Leviticus 16:29 (all P) 17:8, 10, 12, 13, 15; 18:26; 20:2; 22:18; 24:16, 22 (all H) Numbers 9:14 (twice in verse); 15:14-15, (twice in verse); 15:16, 26, 29, 30; 19:10; 35:15 (all P) Ezekiel 14:7; similar rights Deuteronomy 1:16; Ezekiel 47:22-23, and like privileges Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; 26:11; 29:10; 31:12 compare 2 Chronicles 30:25; very rarely any distinction made, in obligation Leviticus 25:47 (3 t. in verse) (H), in permissible food Deuteronomy 14:21; in future success 28:43; kindness to גֵּר frequently enjoined: Leviticus 19:10 ("" עָנִי), 23:22 ("" id.) 19:34 (all H); Deuteronomy 10:18-19, 14:29; 24:19-20, 21; 26:12-13, (all "" וְאַלְמָנָה יָתוֺם); oppression prohibited Leviticus 19:33 (H) Deuteronomy 24:14; Exodus 22:20; 23:9 (twice in verse) (JE) Deuteronomy 24:17; 27:19; Jeremiah 7:6; 22:3; Zechariah 7:10 (these eight "" וְאַלְמָנָה יָתוֺם); object of care to ׳י Psalm 146:9 ("" id.); charge that גֵּר has been oppressed Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5 (both "" id.); also Ezekiel 22:29 ("" וְאֶבְיוֺן עָנִי), Psalm 94:6; compare also command that a poor brother be treated like גֵּר i.e. kindly, Leviticus 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: גֵּר 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2 Chronicles 2:16 (הַגֵּירִים) gathered for hard service; yet compare 30:25. (Often with verbal cognate Exodus 12:48-49, Leviticus 16:29; 17:8, 10, 12, 13; 18:26; 19:33; 20:2; Numbers 9:14; 15:14-15, 16, 26, 29; 19:10; Joshua 20:9; Ezekiel 47:22-23, oft "" תּוֺשָׁב Genesis 23:4; Leviticus 25:23, 35, 47; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13). [גֵּיר] noun masculine2 Chronicles 2:16 see גֵּר below I. גור. |