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H1481

H1481 — גּוּר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewguwrverbOccurrences: 98TWOT: 330

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1481
Word:	גּוּר
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	98
Transliteration:	guwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	goor
Meaning:	1. (properly) to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose) 2. to sojourn (as a guest) 3. (also) to shrink, fear (as in a strange place) 4. (also) to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV Renderings:	abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.

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BDB1562

I. גּוּר verb sojourn (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 844] turn aside tarry, see especially III. IV. VIII. X; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 845] Eth. in derivatives) —

Qal Perfect גָּר Gen 35:27 + 3 t., וְגָר consecutive Isa 11:6 גַּרְתָּה Gen 21:23 גַּרְתִּי Gen 32:5; Ps 120:5 גָּרוּ Exod 6:4 Imperfect יָגוּר Exod 12:48 + 12 t., וַיָּ֫גָר Gen 20:1 + 2 t.; suffix יְגֻרְךָ Ps 5:5 3 feminine singular וַתָּ֫גָר 2Kgs 8:2 2 feminine singular תָּגוּרִי 2Kgs 8:1 cohortative אָגוּ֑רָה Ps 61:5 יָגוּרוּ Isa 16:4 Imperative גּוּר Gen 26:3, גּוּ֫רִי 2Kgs 8:1 Infinitive construct גּוּר Gen 12:10 + 17 t.; Participle גָּר Deut 18:6; Judg 17:7 + 17 t.; feminine construct גָּרַת Exod 3:22 plural גָּרִים Lev 25:6 + 8 t.; construct גָּרֵי Job 19:15 —

1. sojourn, dwell for a (definite or indefinite) time, dwell as a new-comer (compare גֵּר ) without original rights, see especially Gen 19:9 ( J ) Deut 18:6 & compare Judg 17:7; Judg 17:8; Judg 17:9; Judg 19:1 also Gen 12:10; Gen 20:1; Gen 21:23; Gen 21:34; Gen 32:5; Gen 47:4 (all J E ); of partriarchs in Canaan Gen 26:3 ( J ) Gen 35:27; Exod 6:4 (both P ) compare Ps 105:12 = 1Chr 16:19; Judg 19:16; 2Sam 4:3; 2Kgs 8:1 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 8:2 (seven years) Isa 16:4; Ruth 1:1; Ezra 1:4 (in exile); compare further Exod 3:22 ( E ) גָּרַת בַּיִת of a woman in another's house as lodger or guest (see Di), גָּרֵי בַיִת Job 19:15 so (poetry) of worshipper in Yahweh's house Ps 15:1; Ps 61:5 compare Isa 33:14 (twice in verse); figurative of evil לֹא יְגָֻֽרְךָ רָ֑ע Ps 5:5 evil cannot be a guest of thine (Che; followed by accusative, as in Arabic [untranscribed source text 846] III); particulary of the גֵּר (q. v.) in Israel Exod 12:48; Exod 12:49; Lev 16:29 (all P ) 17: 8; Lev 17:10; Lev 17:12; Lev 17:13; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:33; Lev 19:34; Lev 20:2; Lev 25:6; Lev 25:45 (all H ) Num 9:14 ; Num 15:14 ; Num 15:15 ; Num 15:16 ; Num 15:26 ; Num 15:29 ; Num 19:10 ; Josh 20:9 (all P ) Ezek 14:7; Ezek 47:22; Ezek 47:23 of Ephraim and Manasseh sojourning with Judah and Benjamin 2Chr 15:9 of Rechabites sojourning in Judah Jer 35:7 of Israelites sojourning in Egypt Deut 26:5; Isa 52:4; Ps 105:23 so of Judah, to escape from under Babylonian power Jer 42:15; Jer 42:17; Jer 42:22; Jer 43:2; Jer 44:8; Jer 44:12; Jer 44:14; Jer 44:28.

2. abide, nearly or quite = dwell Jer 43:5 compare Lam 4:15 ; Jer 49:18; Jer 49:33; Jer 50:40, also Job 28:4 of wolf dwelling with lamb Isa 11:6 stay (inactive) Judg 5:17 — in Isa 5:17 read perhaps, for גָּרִים, גְּדָיִם or כָּרִים compare ᵐ5 Lo Ew Di & Che critical note (> Stu גֵּרִים)

Hithpolel Participle מִתְגּוֺרֵר 1Kgs 17:20 seek hospitality with, followed by עִם (compareArabic x); יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ Hos 7:14 is dubious (compare II. גור); AE Ki Thes Wü AV RV they assemble themselves, but text probably error, see גדד .

BDB1571

II. [גּוּר] verb stir up strife, quarrel (compare גרה) — so Ew Che Di RVm (Isa 54:15 ); gather together Ges De Br compare ᵑ7 ᵑ9 , so AV RV ; —

Qal. Perfect גָּר Isa 54:15 Imperfect יָגוּר Isa 54:15, יָגוּרוּ Ps 56:7; Ps 59:4; Ps 140:3 (on all compare below); Infinitive absolute גּוֺר Isa 54:15 —

1. stir up strife, absolute גּוֺר יָגוּר Isa 54:14 compare Ps 56:7 (but AE Che read יָגוֺדּוּ attack, see גדד ); followed by עַלֿ Ps 59:4 (but Che id.; compare Ps 94:21, which however Ol would emend by Ps 56:7; Ps 59:4); followed by accusative מִלְחָמוֺת Ps 140:3 ( Hup Che read יְגָרוּ Pi`el Imperfect of גרה )

2. quarrel, followed by אֶתֿ with Isa 54:15. Here also

Hithpolel Imperfect Hos 7:14 יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ (compare I. גור), according to Ew, they excite themselves, but unlikely; see גדד .

BDB1574

III. [גּוּר] verb dread (compare יָגֹר) —

Qal Imperfect וַיָּגָר Num 22:3; 1Sam 18:15 2 masculine singular תָּגוּר Deut 18:22 אָגוּר Deut 32:27 plural יָגוּרוּ Ps 33:8; Job 41:17 + Hos 10:5, תָּגוּרוּ Deut 1:17 Imperative גּוּרוּ Ps 22:24; Job 19:29 —

1. be afraid of, followed by מִפְּנֵי Num 22:3; Deut 1:17; 1Sam 18:15, גּוּרוּ לָכֶם מִפְּנֵי Job 19:29 with מִן Job 41:17; Deut 18:22 with accusative Deut 32:27 (poetry) Hos 10:5 read probably ינודו lament (|| אבל, used with לְ e.g. Nah 3:7; Jer 15:5 and elsewhere; compare Che).

2. stand in awe of, followed by מִן Ps 22:24; Ps 33:8 ( יָרֵא).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גור (goor)

Genesis 21:23

KJV: Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.that thou…: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me

EHCC: wherein thou hast sojourned.

Jeremiah 42:15

KJV: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

EHCC: and go to sojourn there ;

Lamentations 4:15

KJV: They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.it…: or, ye polluted

EHCC: They shall no more sojourn

Genesis 26:3

KJV: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

EHCC: Sojourn in this land,

Job 19:29

KJV: Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

EHCC: Be ye afraid of the sword:

Exodus 12:48

KJV: And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

EHCC: when a stranger shall sofourn (

Leviticus 17:8

KJV: And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

EHCC: which sojourn among you, 0

Leviticus 19:88

EHCC: if a stranger sojourn with thee

Leviticus 22:3

KJV: Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

EHCC: 4 Moab wos sore afraid” .

Deuteronomy 1:17

KJV: Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.respect…: Heb. acknowledge faces

EHCC: ye shaft not be afraid

Deuteronomy 18:22

KJV: When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

EHCC: thou shalt not be qfraid of him. .

Deuteronomy 96:4

EHCC: וֹוװחװ”? there {

Deuteronomy 32:27

KJV: Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.Our…: or, Our high hand, and not the Lord hath done

EHCC: that J feared the wrath of the enemy,

Judges 5:17

KJV: Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.shore: or, portbreaches: or, creeks

EHCC: why did Dan remain in ships? |

2 Kings 8:1

KJV: Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

EHCC: wheresoever thou canst sojourn: /

2 Kings 41:25

EHCC: (17).the mi are afraid : .

2 Kings 15:1

KJV: In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.Azariah: also called, Uzziah

EHCC: who shall abide in thy tabernacle? (marg.

2 Kings 56:6

EHCC: (7). They gather themselves together,

2 Kings 61:4

EHCC: (5). 1 will Gide in thy tabernacle

2 Kings 140:2

EHCC: (3). continually are they gathered

Isaiah 16:4

KJV: Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.extortioner: Heb. wringerthe oppressors: Heb. the treaders down

EHCC: Let mine outcasts dwell with

Isaiah 33:14

KJV: The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

EHCC: Who among us shall dwell with the de-

Isaiah 54:15

KJV: Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

EHCC: they surely gather together, 0

Jeremiah 49:18

KJV: As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

EHCC: neither shail a son of man dwell in ic,

Jeremiah 50:40

KJV: As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

EHCC: neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

Ezekiel 14:7

KJV: For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

EHCC: the stranger that sojourneth

Hosea 10:5

KJV: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.the priests…: or, Chemarim

EHCC: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear

Exodus 8:22

KJV: And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.

EHCC: and of her that sojourneth in her house,

Exodus 12:49

KJV: One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

EHCC: unto the stranger that sojourneth

Leviticus 16:29

KJV: And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

EHCC: or a stranger that sojourneth .

Leviticus 17:10

KJV: And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

EHCC: 18. the strangers that השו0ס

Leviticus 18:26

KJV: Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

EHCC: nor any stranger that sojourneth

Leviticus 19:94

EHCC: the stranger that dwelleth

Leviticus 290:2

EHCC: or of the strangers that sojourn

Numbers 15:15

KJV: One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.

EHCC: 16, 26, 99 & 19:10.the stranger that so-

Deuteronomy 18:6

KJV: And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

EHCC: out of all Israel, where he sgfouwrned, = . 0

Joshua 20:9

KJV: These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

EHCC: the stranger that sojourneth

Judges 19:1

KJV: And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine

EHCC: there was a certain Levite sojourning .

1 Chronicles 16:19

KJV: When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.few, even: Heb. men of number, etc

EHCC: even a few, and strangers in it

2 Chronicles 15:9

KJV: And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

EHCC: and the strangers with them

Job 19:15

KJV: They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

EHCC: They that dwell in mine house.

Jeremiah 35:7

KJV: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

EHCC: the land where ye (be) strangers.

Hosea 7:14

KJV: And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

EHCC: they assemble themselves for corn .

1 Kings 17:20

KJV: And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

EHCC: evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, :

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