Lexical Definition

‎גֵּר‎ gêr (gare) sojourner ^H:N-M
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

See Greek: ξένος · πάροικος · προσήλυτος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֵּר‎ noun masculine^{Exod 12:48} sojourner (Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic , ‎גִּיּוֺר‎, prostelyte, ‎גַּיֵּר‎ proselytize, Phoenician ‎גר‎ in proper name, & plural ‎גרם‎) — ‎גֵּר‎ Gen 15:16 + 74 t.; suffix ‎גֵּרְךָ‎ Exod 20:10 + 4 t., ‎גֵּרוֺ‎ Deut 1:16 plural ‎גֵּרִים‎ Exod 22:20* + 9 t., ‎גֵּירִים‎ 2Chr 2:16* —

1. sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare Exod 12:19; Lev 24:16; Num 15:30; Josh 8:33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron Gen 23:4 (P; || ‎תּוֺשָׁב‎); Moses in desert Exod 2:22 (J) Exod 18:3 (E; here explanation of name Gershom, Moses' son); as claiming hospitality Job 31:32 perhaps in above cases, and certainly in general, with technical sense; figurative of Yahweh Jer 14:8 of Israel in Egypt Gen 15:13; Exod 22:20*; Exod 23:9 (all J E) Lev 19:34 (H) Deut 10:19; Deut 23:8* ‎גֵּרִים‎ with Yahweh Lev 25:23 (H) 1Chr 29:15; Ps 39:13* (in all || ‎תּוֺשָׁב‎) compare Ps 119:19.

2. usually of ‎גֵּרים‎ in Israel 2Sam 1:13 (Amalekite) compare Josh 8:33; Josh 8:35 (E) Josh 20:9 (P) Isa 14:1 dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited right (compare RS^{OTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f.} Sta^{Geschichte.i.400}). The ‎גֵּר‎ is to share in Sabbath rest Exod 20:10; Exod 23:12 (both J E) Deut 5:14 otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel Exod 12:19; Exod 12:48; Exod 12:49; Lev 16:29 (all P) Lev 17:8; Lev 17:10; Lev 17:12; Lev 17:13; Lev 17:15; Lev 18:26; Lev 20:2; Lev 22:18; Lev 24:16; Lev 24:22 (all H) Num 9:14 (twice in verse); Num 15:14; Num 15:15 (twice in verse); Num 15:16; Num 15:26; Num 15:29; Num 15:30; Num 19:10; Num 35:15 (all P) Ezek 14:7 similar rights Deut 1:16; Ezek 47:22; Ezek 47:23 and like privileges Deut 16:11; Deut 16:14; Deut 26:11; Deut 29:10*; Deut 31:12 compare 2Chr 30:25 very rarely any distinction made, in obligation Lev 25:47 (3 t. in verse) (H), in permissible food Deut 14:21 in future success Deut 28:43 kindness to ‎גֵּר‎ frequently enjoined: Lev 19:10 (|| ‎עָנִי‎), Lev 23:22 (|| id.) Lev 19:34 (all H); Deut 10:18; Deut 10:19; Deut 14:29; Deut 24:19; Deut 24:20; Deut 24:21; Deut 26:12; Deut 26:13 (all || ‎יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה‎); oppression prohibited Lev 19:33 (H) Deut 24:14; Exod 22:20*; Exod 23:9 (twice in verse) (JE) Deut 24:17; Deut 27:19; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10 (these eight || ‎יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה‎); object of care to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 146:9 (|| id.); charge that ‎גֵּר‎ has been oppressed Ezek 22:7; Mal 3:5 (both || id.); also Ezek 22:29 (|| ‎עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֺן‎), Ps 94:6 compare also command that a poor brother be treated like ‎גֵּר‎ i.e. kindly, Lev 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: ‎גֵּר‎ 1Chr 22:2; 2Chr 2:16* (‎הַגֵּירִים‎) gathered for hard service; yet compare 2Chr 30:25. (Often with verbal cognate Exod 12:48; Exod 12:49; Lev 16:29; Lev 17:8; Lev 17:10; Lev 17:12; Lev 17:13; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:33; Lev 20:2; Num 9:14; Num 15:14; Num 15:15; Num 15:16; Num 15:26; Num 15:29; Num 19:10; Josh 20:9; Ezek 47:22; Ezek 47:23 oft || ‎תּוֺשָׁב‎ Gen 23:4; Lev 25:23; Lev 25:35; Lev 25:47; 1Chr 29:15; Ps 39:13*).

[‎גֵּיר‎] noun masculine 2Chr 2:16* see ‎גֵּר‎ below I. ‎גור‎.

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