Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹשָׁב‎ tôwshâb (to-shawb') sojourner ^H:N-M
or תֹּשָׁב tôshâb (to-shawb'); (1 Kings 17:1), from ‎יָשַׁב‎; a dweller (but not outlandish (‎נׇכְרִי‎)); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of ‎יָשַׁב‎) and a temporary inmate (‎גֵּר‎) or mere lodger (‎לוּן‎))

foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.

• resident alien

1) sojourner, stranger

See Greek: παρεπίδημος · πάροικος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺשָׁב‎ noun masculine^{Lev 25:45} sojourner, only P (H) and late; absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 23:4 + 6 t; construct ‎תּוֺשַׁב‎ Lev 22:10 suffix ‎תּוֺשָֽׁבְךָ‎ Lev 25:6 plural ‎תּוֺשָׁבִים‎ vLev 25:6 + 2 t.; construct ‎תּשָׁבֵי‎ 1Kgs 17:1, but read ‎תִּשְׁבֶּה‎ (q. v.) ᵐ5 Ew Th Hi; — sojourner, apparently of a more temporaty and dependent (Lev 22:10; Lev 25:6) kind than the ‎גֵּר‎ (with which it is often joined): || ‎שָׂכִיר‎ Exod 12:45 (P), Lev 22:10 (‎כֹּהֵן‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ apriest's sojourner), Lev 25:6; Lev 25:40 (all H); ‎הַתּוֺשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם‎ vLev 25:45 (c. participle ‎גָּר‎ also vLev 25:6); with ‎עִם‎, also Lev 25:47 (twice in verse) (H); with ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎ Num 35:15 (P). Figurative of one enjoying only a temporary tenure, with ‎עִם‎ Gen 23:4, with ‎׳‎‎י‎ Lev 25:23; Ps 39:13*, with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ 1Chr 29:15. — 1Kgs 17:1 see above

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