TBESH · H1616
גֵּר · ger · sojourner
1) sojourner 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights
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ger H1616
גֵּר (ger) means “sojourner” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
גֵּר Hebrew · H1616 92 tagged occurrences in 83 verses
Pronunciation guide: gare Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481 (גּוּר); properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV glosses: alien, sojourner, stranger.
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How translators render H1616
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 |
|---|---|
| a foreigner | 9 |
| the foreigner | 9 |
| foreigners | 6 |
| and the foreigners | 4 |
| to the foreigner | 4 |
| and the foreigner | 3 |
| nor the foreigner | 3 |
| a foreign resident | 2 |
| and for the foreigner | 2 |
| as well as the foreigner | 2 |
| for the foreigner | 2 |
| foreigner | 2 |
| or a foreigner | 2 |
| or any foreigner | 2 |
| or foreigner | 2 |
| the foreign resident | 2 |
| a foreigner residing | 1 |
| am a foreigner | 1 |
| am a stranger | 1 |
| and for the foreign resident | 1 |
| and for the foreigners | 1 |
| and foreigners | 1 |
| and the foreign resident | 1 |
| and the foreigner dwelling | 1 |
| and to the foreigner | 1 |
| any foreigner | 1 |
| are but foreigners | 1 |
| are foreigners | 1 |
| as a foreigner | 1 |
| as well as the foreign resident | 1 |
| as you would a foreigner | 1 |
| for the foreign resident | 1 |
| from the foreigner | 1 |
| how it feels to be foreigners | 1 |
| including the foreigners | 1 |
| like a stranger | 1 |
| of a foreigner | 1 |
| of his | 1 |
| or a foreign resident | 1 |
| or any foreign resident | 1 |
| or the foreigner | 1 |
| stranger | 1 |
| strangers | 1 |
| the foreign | 1 |
| the foreigner living | 1 |
| the foreigners | 1 |
| to be left for the foreigner | 1 |
| to both the foreigner | 1 |
| to the foreigner residing | 1 |
| whether a foreigner | 1 |
| whether he is a foreign resident | 1 |
| you and the foreigner | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the stranger | 10 |
| a stranger | 6 |
| and the stranger | 6 |
| or of the strangers | 5 |
| and for the stranger | 3 |
| and if a stranger | 3 |
| and the strangers | 3 |
| and unto the stranger | 3 |
| or a stranger | 3 |
| and thy stranger | 2 |
| it shall be for the stranger | 2 |
| nor thy stranger | 2 |
| of a stranger | 2 |
| of the stranger | 2 |
| strangers | 2 |
| the strangers | 2 |
| all the strangers | 1 |
| and also for the stranger | 1 |
| and if a sojourner | 1 |
| and stranger | 1 |
| and to the stranger | 1 |
| and when a stranger | 1 |
| as well for the stranger | 1 |
| as well the stranger | 1 |
| because thou wast a stranger | 1 |
| both for the stranger | 1 |
| for ye were strangers | 1 |
| him as thyself for ye were strangers | 1 |
| him as well the stranger | 1 |
| him for ye were strangers | 1 |
| himself unto the stranger | 1 |
| i have been a stranger | 1 |
| i have been an alien | 1 |
| it it shall be for the stranger | 1 |
| it unto the stranger | 1 |
| neither shall any stranger | 1 |
| nor any stranger | 1 |
| not the stranger | 1 |
| of the strangers | 1 |
| or of the stranger | 1 |
| or of thy strangers | 1 |
| shall be a stranger | 1 |
| shall be for you and for the stranger | 1 |
| so shall the stranger | 1 |
| to the stranger | 1 |
| unto you and to the strangers | 1 |
| whether he be a stranger | 1 |
| why shouldest thou be as a stranger | 1 |
| with the stranger | 1 |
| with thee and the stranger | 1 |
| ye therefore the stranger | 1 |
| ye were strangers | 1 |
Verses containing H1616
Page 1 of 2. 83 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 15:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Read word by word - Genesis 23:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
Read word by word - Exodus 2:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:48
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If 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 word - Exodus 12:49
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
Read word by word - Exodus 18:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Read word by word - Exodus 20:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
Read word by word - Exodus 22:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.20
- Exodus 23:9
· BSB · 3 occurrences
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Read word by word - Leviticus 16:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This 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 word - Leviticus 17:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell 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 word - Leviticus 17:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If 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 word - Leviticus 17:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
Read word by word - Leviticus 17:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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 word - Leviticus 17:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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 word - Leviticus 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:34
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You 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 - Leviticus 20:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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 word - Leviticus 22:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
Read word by word - Leviticus 24:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
Read word by word - Leviticus 24:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:47
· BSB · 3 occurrences
If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,
Read word by word - Numbers 9:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
If 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 word - Numbers 15:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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 word - Numbers 15:15
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The 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 word - Numbers 15:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
Read word by word - Numbers 15:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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 word - Numbers 15:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You 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 word - Numbers 15:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
Read word by word - Numbers 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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 word - Numbers 35:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 5:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:19
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 16:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 16:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 23:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.8
- Deuteronomy 24:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 24:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 24:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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