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STRONGS NUMBER H1481
Transliteration: guwr
Phonetic Spelling: (goor)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sojourn
Meaning: to turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility
Word Summary
guwr: to sojourn
Original Word: גּוּרTransliteration: guwr
Phonetic Spelling: (goor)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sojourn
Meaning: to turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility
Strong's Concordance
abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather together, inhabitant, remain, 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 for hostility (as afraid) -- abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1481. guwr
I. גּוּר verb sojourn (compare Arabic turn aside tarry, see especially III. IV. VIII. X; Aramaic Eth. in derivatives) —
Qal Perfect גָּר Genesis 35:27 3t., וְגָר consecutive Isaiah 11:6; גַּרְתָּה Genesis 21:23; גַּרְתִּי 32:5; Psalm 120:5; גָּרוּ Exodus 6:4; Imperfect יָגוּר 12:48 12t., וַיָּ֫גָר Genesis 20:1-2t.; suffix יְגֻרְךָ Psalm 5:5; 3feminine singular וַתָּ֫גָר 2 Kings 8:2; 2feminine singular תָּגוּרִי 8:1; cohortative אָגוּ֑רָה Psalm 61:5 יָגוּרוּ Isaiah 16:4; Imperative גּוּר Genesis 26:3, גּוּ֫רִי 2 Kings 8:1; Infinitive construct גּוּר Genesis 12:10 17t.; Participle גָּר Deuteronomy 18:6; Judges 17:7 17t.; feminine construct גָּרַת Exodus 3:22; plural גָּרִים Leviticus 25:6 8t.; construct גָּרֵי Job 19:15; —
1 sojourn, dwell for a (definite or indefinite) time, dwell as a new-comer (compare גֵּר) without original rights, see especially Genesis 19:9 (J) Deuteronomy 18:6 & compare Judges 17:7-8, 9; 19:1; also Genesis 12:10; 20:1; 21:23, 34; 32:5; 47:4 (all J E); of partriarchs in Canaan 26:3 (J) 35:27; Exodus 6:4 (both P) compare Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; Judges 19:16; 2 Samuel 4:3; 2 Kings 8:1 (twice in verse); 8:2 (seven years) Isaiah 16:4; Ruth 1:1; Ezra 1:4 (in exile); compare further Exodus 3:22 (E) בַּיִת גָּרַת of a woman in another's house as lodger or guest (see Di), בַיִת גָּרֵי Job 19:15; so (poetry) of worshipper in Yahweh's house Psalm 15:1; 61:5 compare Isaiah 33:14 (twice in verse); figurative of evil רָ֑ע יְגָֻֽרְךָ לֹא Psalm 5:5 evil cannot be a guest of thine (Che; followed by accusative, as in Arabic III); particulary of the גֵּר (q. v.) in Israel Exodus 12:48-49, Leviticus 16:29 (all P) 17: 8; 17:10, 12, 13; 18:26; 19:33-34, 20:2; 25:6, 45 (all H) Numbers 9:14; 15:14-15, 16, 26, 29; 19:10; Joshua 20:9 (all P) Ezekiel 14:7; 47:22-23, of Ephraim and Manasseh sojourning with Judah and Benjamin 2 Chronicles 15:9; of Rechabites sojourning in Judah Jeremiah 35:7; of Israelites sojourning in Egypt Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 52:4; Psalm 105:23; so of Judah, to escape from under Babylonian power Jeremiah 42:15, 17, 22; 43:2; 44:8, 12, 14, 28.
2 abide, nearly or quite = dwell Jeremiah 43:5 compare Lamentations 4:15; Jeremiah 49:18, 33; 50:40, also Job 28:4; of wolf dwelling with lamb Isaiah 11:6; stay (inactive) Judges 5:17; — in Isaiah 5:17 read perhaps, for גְּדָיִם גָּרִים, or כָּרִים compare ᵐ5 Lo Ew Di & Che critical note (> Stu גֵּרִים)
Hithpolel Participle מִתְגּוֺרֵר 1 Kings 17:20 seek hospitality with, followed by עִם (compareArabic x); יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ Hosea 7:14 is dubious (compare II. גור); AE Ki Thes Wü AV RV they assemble themselves, but text probably error, see גדד.
II. [גּוּר] verb stir up strife, quarrel (compare גרה) — so Ew Che Di RVm (Isaiah 54:15); gather together Ges De Br compare ᵑ9 ᵑ7, so AV RV; —
Qal. Perfect גָּר Isaiah 54:15; Imperfect יָגוּר 54:15, יָגוּרוּ Psalm 56:7; 59:4; 140:3 (on all compare below); Infinitive absolute גּוֺר Isaiah 54:15; —
1 stir up strife, absolute יָגוּר גּוֺר Isaiah 54:14; compare Psalm 56:7 (but AE Che read יָגוֺדּוּ attack, see גדד); followed by עַלֿ 59:4 (but Che id.; compare 94:21, which however Ol would emend by 56:7; 59:4); followed by accusative מִלְחָמוֺת 140:3 (Hup Che read יְגָרוּ Pi`el Imperfect of גרה)
2 quarrel, followed by אֶתֿ with Isaiah 54:15. Here also
Hithpolel Imperfect Hosea 7:14 יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ (compare I. גור), according to Ew, they excite themselves, but unlikely; see גדד.
III. [גּוּר] verb dread (compare יָגֹר) —
Qal Imperfect וַיָּגָר Numbers 22:3; 1 Samuel 18:15; 2masculine singular תָּגוּר Deuteronomy 18:22; אָגוּר 32:27; plural יָגוּרוּ Psalm 33:8; Job 41:17 + Hosea 10:5, תָּגוּרוּ Deuteronomy 1:17; Imperative גּוּרוּ Psalm 22:24; Job 19:29; —
1 be afraid of, followed by מִמְּנֵי Numbers 22:3; Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Samuel 18:15, מִמְּנֵי לָכֶם גּוּרוּ Job 19:29; with מִן 41:17; Deuteronomy 18:22; with accusative 32:27 (poetry) Hosea 10:5 read probably ינודו lament ("" אבל, used with לְ e.g. Nahum 3:7; Jeremiah 15:5 and elsewhere; compare Che).
2 stand in awe of, followed by מִן Psalm 22:24; 33:8 (יָרֵא).