גּוּר
gûr
dread
Strong's H1481VerbHebrewTWOT 330

גּוּר (gûr) is a Hebrew verb meaning dread. It appears 98 times in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1481).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 330)

Range of meaning (TWOT 330)sojourn; abide; seek hospitality with; turn, shrink, fear, strange, gather, afraid; assemble, dwell, inhabitant, remain, stand in awe, stranger
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גּוּר verb: sojourn

Strong's H1481 גּוּר: properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV:abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 12:10Exodus 3:22Leviticus 16:29

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