גּוּר (gur) means “to sojourn” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: goor Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גּוּר · gur · to sojourn
1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time 1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell 1b) (Hithpolel) 1b1) to seek hospitality with 1b2) to assemble oneself
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גּוּר · gur · to quarrel
1) to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stir up strife 1a2) to quarrel 1b) (Hithpolel) to excite oneself
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גּוּר · gur · to dread
1) to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to be in awe, stand in awe
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a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
KJV glosses: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| living | 6 |
| residing | 6 |
| to reside | 4 |
| and strangers | 3 |
| to settle | 3 |
| will abide | 3 |
| can dwell with | 2 |
| dwelling | 2 |
| resides | 2 |
| revere him | 2 |
| stay | 2 |
| who resides | 2 |
| and any woman staying | 1 |
| and live as a foreigner | 1 |
| and lived | 1 |
| and reside | 1 |
| and stir up | 1 |
| anyone attacks you | 1 |
| are terrified | 1 |
| as a foreigner | 1 |
| as foreigners | 1 |
| assails you | 1 |
| be afraid | 1 |
| be intimidated | 1 |
| can dwell with you | 1 |
| conspire | 1 |
| did you linger | 1 |
| dreaded | 1 |
| dwells | 1 |
| dwelt | 1 |
| for a time | 1 |
| for a while | 1 |
| had been residing | 1 |
| had stayed | 1 |
| he was afraid | 1 |
| human habitation | 1 |
| i dwell | 1 |
| i have been staying | 1 |
| let me dwell | 1 |
| lived as foreigners | 1 |
| lives | 1 |
| may abide | 1 |
| of residence | 1 |
| resided | 1 |
| then you should fear | 1 |
| they can stay | 1 |
| they conspire | 1 |
| they lived as foreigners | 1 |
| to live | 1 |
| wander | 1 |
| was terrified | 1 |
| while he was staying | 1 |
| who dwell | 1 |
| who had settled | 1 |
| who has opened her home to me | 1 |
| who lived | 1 |
| who lives | 1 |
| who stays | 1 |
| who was residing | 1 |
| will fear | 1 |
| will live | 1 |
| you can | 1 |
| you reside | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to sojourn | 14 |
| that sojourneth | 12 |
| dwell | 5 |
| sojourn | 4 |
| that sojourn | 4 |
| and sojourned | 3 |
| sojourned | 3 |
| and he sojourned | 2 |
| and strangers | 2 |
| shall sojourn | 2 |
| to dwell | 2 |
| who among us shall dwell | 2 |
| afraid | 1 |
| also shall dwell | 1 |
| and of her that sojourneth | 1 |
| and sojourn | 1 |
| and the strangers | 1 |
| and were sojourners | 1 |
| are afraid | 1 |
| are gathered | 1 |
| are they gathered together | 1 |
| be ye afraid | 1 |
| behold they shall surely | 1 |
| for to sojourn | 1 |
| from the inhabitant | 1 |
| gather together | 1 |
| he was afraid | 1 |
| him and fear | 1 |
| i will abide | 1 |
| is me that i sojourn | 1 |
| remain | 1 |
| shall fear | 1 |
| shall gather together | 1 |
| shall strangers | 1 |
| sojourneth | 1 |
| sojourning | 1 |
| stand in awe | 1 |
| strangers | 1 |
| that do sojourn | 1 |
| that dwelleth | 1 |
| that i feared | 1 |
| they assemble | 1 |
| they gather themselves together | 1 |
| they that dwell | 1 |
| thou canst sojourn | 1 |
| thou shalt not be afraid | 1 |
| thus i have sojourned | 1 |
| where he sojourned | 1 |
| where he sojourneth | 1 |
| wherein they were strangers | 1 |
| wherein thou hast sojourned | 1 |
| which sojourn | 1 |
| who shall abide | 1 |
| with whom i sojourn | 1 |
| ye shall not be afraid | 1 |
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Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Read word by word“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
Read word by wordNow Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
Read word by wordNow, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
Read word by wordAnd Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
Read word by wordStay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Read word by wordHe instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.5
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Read word by wordThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
Read word by wordEvery woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Read word by wordI also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
Read word by wordIf a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
Read word by wordThe same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
Read word by wordThis is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
Read word by wordTell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
Read word by wordIf anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
Read word by wordTherefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
Read word by wordAnd if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
Read word by wordBut you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
Read word by wordWhen a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Read word by wordYou must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
Read word by wordWhatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,
Read word by wordYou may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
Read word by wordIf a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
Read word by wordAnd for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.
Read word by wordThe assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
Read word by wordThe same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
Read word by wordThen the whole congregation of Israel and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, since it happened to all the people unintentionally.
Read word by wordYou shall have the same law for the one who acts in error, whether he is a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.
Read word by wordThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
Read word by wordand Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
Read word by wordShow no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
Read word by wordNow if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
Read word by wordWhen a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Read word by wordand you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
Read word by wordif I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
Read word by wordThese are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
Read word by wordGilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
Read word by wordAnd there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
Read word by wordThis man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
Read word by word“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
Read word by wordNow in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Read word by wordThat evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
Read word by wordIn the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
Read word by wordWhen Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.
Read word by wordbecause the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
Read word by wordThen he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
Read word by wordNow Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
Read word by wordSo the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
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