גֵּר
gēr
sojourner
Strong's H1616NounHebrewTWOT 330a

גֵּר (gēr) is a Hebrew noun meaning sojourner. It appears 92 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1616).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 330a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 330a)sojourner; guest, foreigner; alien, stranger
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גֵּר noun, masculine: sojourner

Strong's H1616 גֵּר: properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV:alien, sojourner, stranger.

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.

Root family 330: גּוּר gûr — sojourn; abide; seek hospitality with; turn, shrink, fear, strange, gather, afraid; assemble, dwell, inhabitant, remain, stand in awe, stranger

See it in Scripture

Genesis 15:13Exodus 2:22Leviticus 16:29

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