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sojourning in Judah Je 35:7 ; of Israelites sojourning in Egypt Dt 26:5 Is 52:4 ψ 105:23 ; so of Judah, to escape from under Babylonian power Je 42:15 , 17 , 22 ; 43:2 ;

44:8 , 12 , 14 , 28 . 2. abide , nearly or quite = dwell Je 43:5 cf. La 4:1 5, Je 49:18 , 33 ; 50:40 , also Jb 28:4 ; of wolf dwelling with lamb Is 11:6 ; stay (inactive) Ju 5:17 ;—in Is 5:7 read perhaps, for גָּרִים , גְּדָיִם or כָּרִים cf. Ö Lo Ew Di & Che crit. n. ( > Stu גֵּרִים ). Hithpol. Pt. מִתְגֹּורֵר 1 K 17:20 seek hospitality with , sq. עִם ( cf. Arabic X ); יִתְגֹּורָ˜רוּ Ho 7:14 is dub. ( cf. II. גור ); AE Ki Thes Wü AV RV they assemble themselves , but text prob. error, v. גדד .

I . גּוּר S 1481, 1482, 1483 TWOT 330, 331, 331b, 332 GK 1591, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595 n.pr.loc.

( sojourning, dwelling ) 2 K 9:27 מַעֲלֵה־ג׳ אשׁר אה־יִבְלְעָם , otherwise unknown.

גּוּר־בָּ˜˜עַל S 1485 GK 1597 n.pr.loc. ( dwelling or Gûr of Baal ) 2 Ch 26:7 הָעֲרָבִי˜ים הַיּשְׁבִים בְּגוּר־בָּ˜עַל .

גֵּר S 1616 TWOT 330a GK 173192 n.m. Ex 12:48 sojourner ( Arabic جَارٌ (jārun), Ethiopic ˜˜˜, ˜˜ ( gəyyur, gor ) Aramaic ܓܺܝܽܘܪ ( biyur ), גִּיֹּור , proselyte , גַּיֵּר proselytize , Ph. גד in n.pr. , & pl. גרם ) גֵּר Gn 15:13 + 74 times; sf. גֵּרְךָ Ex 20:10 + 4 times, גֵּרֹו Dt 1:1 6; pl. גֵּרִים Ex 22:20 + 9 times, גֵּירִים 2 Ch 2:1 6;— 1. sojourner , temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), cf. Ex 12:19 Lv 24:16 Nu 15:30 Jos 8:33 ( opp. homeborn ); of Abraham at Hebron Gn 23:4 ( P ; || תֹּושָׁב ); Moses in desert Ex 2:22 ( J ) 18:3 ( E ; here explan. of name Gershom, Moses’ son); as claiming hospitality Jb 31:32 ; perhaps in above cases, and certainly in general, with technical sense; fig. of Yahweh Je 14:8 ; of Israel in Egypt Gn 15:13 Ex 22:2 0; 23:9 (all JE) Lv 19:34 ( H ) Dt 10:19 ; 23:8 ; גֵּרִים with Yahweh Lv 25:23 ( H ) 1 Ch 29:15 ψ 39:13 (in all || תֹּושָׁב ) cf. 119:1 9. 2. usually of גֵּרִים in Israel 2 S 1:13 (Amalekite) cf. Jos 8:3 3, 35
( E ) 20:9 ( P ) Is 14:1 ; dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited rights ( cf. RS OTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f. Sta Gesch. i. 400). The גֵּר is to share in Sabbath rest Ex 20:10 ; 23:12 (both JE) Dt 5:14 ; otherwise he is to have like obligations

Lo R. Lowth. Stu G. Studer. AE Aben Ezra. A. Wünsche .

K W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia;

Sem W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites.


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