H8453 תּוֹשָׁב (tôwshâb) to-shawb'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Tishbe Tishbe= near Hazor_1 (Hazor@Jos.11.1-2Ki=H2674G)

A location near Hazor first mentioned at 1Ki.17.1; referred to as Tishbe (תִּשְׁבֶּה), or Tishbite (תִּשְׁבִּי).

Strong's Definition

resident alien

Derivation: or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427 (יָשַׁב); a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237 (נׇכְרִי))); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427 (יָשַׁב)) and a temporary inmate (H1616 (גֵּר)) or mere lodger (H3885 (לוּן)))

KJV Usage: foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.

TWOT Reference: 922d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sojourner, stranger

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3927 G3941

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תּוֹשָׁב (to.shav) — sojourner. sojourner, stranger

תִּשְׁבֶּה (tish.beh) — Tishbe. Tishbe = "foreigner" the home of Elijah Also named: tish.bi (תִּשְׁבִּי "Tishbite" H8664)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תֹּושָׁב (H8453)

noun m · ישׁב

Classes | ≈ גֵּר

sojourner = 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

GEN 23:4 · EXO 12:45 · LEV 22:10 · LEV 25:6 · LEV 25:23 · LEV 25:35 · LEV 25:40 · LEV 25:45 · LEV 25:47 · LEV 25:47 · NUM 35:15 · 1KI 17:1 · 1CH 29:15 · PSA 39:13

Sarah Lind

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תּוֹשָׁב n.m. sojourner base

[תִּשְׁבֶּה] n.pr.loc. 1 K 17:1 home of Elijah ref

Bible Occurrences (13)

23:4

12:45

22:10 25:6 25:23 25:35 25:40 25:45 25:47

35:15

17:1

29:15

39:12

Genesis 23:4

I [am] a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead....

Exodus 12:45

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat [the Passover].

Leviticus 22:10

No one outside [a priest’s family] may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat [it].

Leviticus 25:6

Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you— for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

Leviticus 25:23

The land must not be sold permanently, because [it] [is] Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Leviticus 25:35

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself... among you, then you are to help him {as you would} a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Leviticus 25:40

Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:45

You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.