גֵּר
gêr · gare
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481 (גּוּר);
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- properly, a guest
- by implication, a foreigner
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֵּר 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
92 occurrences · 92 OT · 0 NT · 59 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the stranger9 · 15%
- and the stranger6 · 10%
- or of the strangers5 · 8%
- and the strangers3 · 5%
- and for the stranger3 · 5%
- and unto the stranger3 · 5%
- or a stranger3 · 5%
- and if a stranger3 · 5%
- it shall be for the stranger2 · 3%
- of a stranger2 · 3%
- nor thy stranger2 · 3%
- a stranger2 · 3%
- i am a stranger2 · 3%
- and thy stranger2 · 3%
- the strangers2 · 3%
- of the stranger2 · 3%
- nor any stranger1 · 2%
- neither shall any stranger1 · 2%
- him: for ye were strangers1 · 2%
- i have been an alien1 · 2%
- and when a stranger1 · 2%
- ye were strangers1 · 2%
- whether he be a stranger1 · 2%
- i have been a stranger1 · 2%
- shall be a stranger1 · 2%
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.