גּוּר
gûwr · goor
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גּוּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
97 occurrences · 97 OT · 0 NT · 62 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to sojourn13 · 19%
- that sojourneth12 · 18%
- dwell5 · 7%
- sojourn4 · 6%
- that sojourn4 · 6%
- sojourned3 · 4%
- and sojourned3 · 4%
- shall sojourn2 · 3%
- and strangers2 · 3%
- to dwell2 · 3%
- and he sojourned2 · 3%
- who among us shall dwell2 · 3%
- for to sojourn1 · 1%
- that i feared1 · 1%
- thou shalt not be afraid1 · 1%
- thus, i have sojourned1 · 1%
- ye shall not be afraid1 · 1%
- afraid1 · 1%
- that do sojourn1 · 1%
- that dwelleth1 · 1%
- which sojourn1 · 1%
- where he sojourned1 · 1%
- wherein they were strangers1 · 1%
- and of her that sojourneth1 · 1%
- wherein thou hast sojourned1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.