מָגוּר
mâgûwr · maw-goor'
a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָגֻר; from H1481 (גּוּר) in the sense of lodging;
a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
- a temporary abode
- by extension, a permanent residence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare H4032 (מָגוֹר).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָגוּר 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wherein thou art a stranger2 · 18%
- of my pilgrimage2 · 18%
- of their pilgrimage2 · 18%
- wherein they were strangers1 · 9%
- was a stranger1 · 9%
- in his dwellings1 · 9%
- is in their dwellings1 · 9%
- where they sojourn1 · 9%
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.