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 2 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.
- Deuteronomy 24:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 24:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 26:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 26:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 26:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 27:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 29:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.10
- Deuteronomy 31:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
Read word by word - Joshua 8:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Read word by word - Joshua 8:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Read word by word - Joshua 20:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These 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 word - 2 Samuel 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 22:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 29:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 2:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.16
- 2 Chronicles 30:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.
Read word by word - Job 31:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
Read word by word - Psalms 39:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.13
- Psalms 94:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
Read word by word - Psalms 146:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 22:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 14:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 22:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 22:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 47:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 47:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Zechariah 7:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Read word by word - Malachi 3:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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