The meaning of “גֵּר”
Understanding gêr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר alien, sojourner, stranger. - properly, a guest - by implication, a foreigner 1) sojo...
גֵּר
or (fully) geyr (gare); from גּוּר alien, sojourner, stranger. - properly, a guest - by implication, a foreigner 1) sojourner 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 23:4 | “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” Word: גֵּר (gêr) | |
| Numbers 15:26 | “And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.” Word: גֵּר (gêr) | |
| 1 Chronicles 29:15 | “For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.” Word: גֵּר (gêr) | |
| Psalms 119:19 | “I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.” Word: גֵּר (gêr) | |
| Ezekiel 22:29 | “The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.” Word: גֵּר (gêr) |
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