Lexical Definition

‎גּוּר‎ gûwr (goor) to sojourn ^H:V
a primitive root

abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.

• 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 forhostility (as afraid)

1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time
1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell
1b) (Hithpolel)
1b1) to seek hospitality with
1b2) to assemble oneself
2) to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to stir up strife
2a2) to quarrel
2b) (Hithpolel) to excite oneself
3) to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid
3a) (Qal)
3a1) to fear, be afraid
3a2) to be in awe, stand in awe

See Greek: ἀπέχει · ἀπέχομαι · ἀπέχω · γείτων · διατρίβω · ἐνοικέω · ἐπιτίθημι · εὐλαβέομαι · καθίζω · κατοικέω · οἰκέω · παροικέω · προσέρχομαι · προσπορεύομαι · ὑποστέλλω · φοβέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎גּוּר‎ verb sojourn (compare Arabic turn aside tarry, see especially III. IV. VIII. X; Aramaic 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 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.

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 vIsa 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.

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).

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