To sojourn
גּוּרStrong’s H1481gur
Appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gur is the Hebrew word usually translated “sojourn”, “who sojourns” and “sojourning”. It appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.”
Meaning
- To sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely(Qal) · (Hithpolel)
- To stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together(Qal) · (Hithpolel) to excite oneself
- To dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid(Qal)
How it's translated
- to sojourn 18
- who sojourns 14
- he will sojourn 8
- sojourning 6
- and he sojourned 3
- will he sojourn 3
- they stir up trouble 3
- i have sojourned 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 13
- Leviticus 11
- Psalms 11
- Genesis 9
- Numbers 8
- Isaiah 7
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 21:23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
- Genesis 21:34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
- Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 32:4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
All 93 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
גּוּר gur · to sojourn
1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time 1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell 1b) (Hithpolel) 1b1) to seek hospitality with 1b2) to assemble oneself
גּוּר gur · to quarrel
1) to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stir up strife 1a2) to quarrel 1b) (Hithpolel) to excite oneself
גּוּר gur · to dread
1) to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to be in awe, stand in awe
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sojourn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOJOURN, verb intransitive
so'jurn. To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, or as a stranger, not considering the place as his permanent habitation. So Abram sojourned in Egypt.
All definitions and other forms of “sojourn”
SO'JOURN, noun
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.