גּוּר

gur · to sojourn

Hebrew · Strong's H1481 · Verb · Sounds like: goor · 97 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to sojourn H1481A 81
  • to dread H1481C 10
  • to quarrel H1481B 6

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
גּוּר vb. sojourn
Qal
1. sojourn
2. abide
Hithpol. seek hospitality with
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[גּוּר] vb. stir up strife, quarrel
Qal.
1. stir up strife
2. quarrel
Hithpol. they excite themselves, but unlikely
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[גּוּר] vb. dread
Qal
1. be afraid of
2. stand in awe of

Every occurrence

  1. Judges 17:8 לָג֖וּר la.Gur · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

  2. Judges 17:9 לָג֖וּר la.Gur · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

  3. Judges 19:1 גָּ֚ר gar · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

  4. Judges 19:16 גָ֖ר gar · An -ing word: simple action

    And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

  5. Ruth 1:1 לָגוּר֙ la.Gur · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

  6. 1 Samuel 18:15 וַיָּ֖גָר vai.Ya.gor · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

  7. 2 Samuel 4:3 גָּרִ֔ים ga.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

    and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

  8. 1 Kings 17:20 מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר mit.go.Rer · An -ing word: doing it to oneself

    And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

  9. 2 Kings 8:1 וְג֖וּרִי ve.Gu.ri · A command to you: simple action

    Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  10. 2 Kings 8:1 תָּג֑וּרִי ta.Gu.ri · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  11. 2 Kings 8:2 וַתָּ֥גָר va.Ta.gor · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

  12. 1 Chronicles 16:19 וְגָרִ֥ים ve.ga.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

    When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

  13. 2 Chronicles 15:9 וְהַגָּרִים֙ ve.ha.ga.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

    And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

  14. Ezra 1:4 גָֽר־ gar- · An -ing word: simple action

    And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

  15. Job 19:15 גָּ֘רֵ֤י ga.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

  16. Job 19:29 גּ֤וּרוּ Gu.ru · A command to all of you: simple action

    Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

  17. Job 28:4 גָּ֗ר Gar · An -ing word: simple action

    He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

  18. Job 41:25 יָג֣וּרוּ ya.Gu.ru · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

  19. Psalms 5:4 יְגֻרְךָ֣ ye.gur.Kha · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

  20. Psalms 15:1 יָג֣וּר ya.Gur · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

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