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H1616 גֵּר (gêr) gare
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or (fully) geyr (gare); from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

KJV Usage: alien, sojourner, stranger

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גֵּר (ger) — sojourner. 1) sojourner 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited rights 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · גור

Classes | ≈ אֶזְרָח · אַלְמָנָה · אָמָה · יָתֹום · עֶבֶד · תֹּושָׁב

alien, sojourner, stranger = state in which humans live in a place which is not their place of origin or nationality, either permanently or for a substantial period of time; ≈ regarded as one of the weaker classes within the society and should therefore receive special care, together with the widows, the fatherless, and other people who are poor

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֵּר 92 n.m. sojourner base

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