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gēr גֵּר ‘sojourner’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gūr גּוּר ‘to sojourn / to quarrel / to dread’
Roots: גור

gēr n, m
1) sojourner
 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights
 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

Mentioned in Genesis 15:13, 23:4 Exodus 12:48, 12:19, 12:49, 18:3, 20:10, 23:12, 2:22, 22:20, 23:9 Codex Leviticus 20:2, 19:34, 22:18, 17:8, 17:13, 25:47, 16:29, 17:15, 18:26, 24:16, 24:22, 25:35, 17:10, 17:12, 19:10, 23:22, 19:33, 25:23 Numbers 15:14, 9:14, 15:29, 15:30, 15:15, 15:16, 35:15, 19:10, 15:26 Deuteronomy 24:14, 23:8, 10:18, 10:19, 14:21, 1:16, 24:20, 24:21, 14:29, 31:12, 26:12, 5:14, 16:11, 24:19, 26:11, 26:13, 16:14, 24:17, 27:19, 29:10, 28:43 Joshua 8:33, 20:9, 8:35 2 Samuel 1:13 Isaiah 14:1 Jeremiah 7:6, 22:3, 14:8 Ezekiel 22:7, 22:29, 47:23, 47:22, 14:7 Zechariah 7:10 Malachi 3:5 Psalms 39:13, 119:19, 94:6, 146:9 Job 31:32 1 Chronicles 29:15, 22:2 2 Chronicles 2:16, 30:25

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