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גֵּר‎ noun masculine^{Exodus 12:48} sojourner (Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic , גִּיּוֺר‎, prostelyte, גַּיֵּר‎ proselytize, Phoenician גר‎ in proper name, & plural גרם‎) — גֵּר‎ Genesis 15:16 74t.; suffix גֵּרְךָ‎ Exodus 20:10 4t., גֵּרוֺ‎ Deuteronomy 1:16; plural גֵּרִים‎ Exodus 22:20 9t., גֵּירִים‎2 Chronicles 2:16; —

1 sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare Exodus 12:19; Leviticus 24:16; Numbers 15:30; Joshua 8:33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron Genesis 23:4 (P; "" תּוֺשָׁב‎); Moses in desert Exodus 2:22 (J) 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 Jeremiah 14:8; of Israel in Egypt Genesis 15:13; Exodus 22:20; 23:9 (all J E) Leviticus 19:34 (H) Deuteronomy 10:19; 23:8; גֵּרִים‎ with Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 (H) 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13 (in all "" תּוֺשָׁב‎) compare 119:19.

2 usually of גֵּרים‎ in Israel 2 Samuel 1:13 (Amalekite) compare Joshua 8:33, 35 (E) 20:9 (P) Isaiah 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 Exodus 20:10; 23:12 (both J E) Deuteronomy 5:14; otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel Exodus 12:19, 48, 49; Leviticus 16:29 (all P) 17:8, 10, 12, 13, 15; 18:26; 20:2; 22:18; 24:16, 22 (all H) Numbers 9:14 (twice in verse); 15:14-15, (twice in verse); 15:16, 26, 29, 30; 19:10; 35:15 (all P) Ezekiel 14:7; similar rights Deuteronomy 1:16; Ezekiel 47:22-23, and like privileges Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; 26:11; 29:10; 31:12 compare 2 Chronicles 30:25; very rarely any distinction made, in obligation Leviticus 25:47 (3 t. in verse) (H), in permissible food Deuteronomy 14:21; in future success 28:43; kindness to גֵּר‎ frequently enjoined: Leviticus 19:10 ("" עָנִי‎), 23:22 ("" id.) 19:34 (all H); Deuteronomy 10:18-19, 14:29; 24:19-20, 21; 26:12-13, (all "" וְאַלְמָנָה יָתוֺם‎); oppression prohibited Leviticus 19:33 (H) Deuteronomy 24:14; Exodus 22:20; 23:9 (twice in verse) (JE) Deuteronomy 24:17; 27:19; Jeremiah 7:6; 22:3; Zechariah 7:10 (these eight "" וְאַלְמָנָה יָתוֺם‎); object of care to ׳י‎ Psalm 146:9 ("" id.); charge that גֵּר‎ has been oppressed Ezekiel 22:7; Malachi 3:5 (both "" id.); also Ezekiel 22:29 ("" וְאֶבְיוֺן עָנִי‎), Psalm 94:6; compare also command that a poor brother be treated like גֵּר‎ i.e. kindly, Leviticus 25:35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: גֵּר‎ 1 Chronicles 22:2; 2 Chronicles 2:16 (הַגֵּירִים‎) gathered for hard service; yet compare 30:25. (Often with verbal cognate Exodus 12:48-49, Leviticus 16:29; 17:8, 10, 12, 13; 18:26; 19:33; 20:2; Numbers 9:14; 15:14-15, 16, 26, 29; 19:10; Joshua 20:9; Ezekiel 47:22-23, oft "" תּוֺשָׁב‎ Genesis 23:4; Leviticus 25:23, 35, 47; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:13).

[גֵּיר‎] noun masculine2 Chronicles 2:16 see גֵּר‎ below I. גור‎.