גּוּר

Strong’s Definition

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 forhostility (as afraid)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(qal)
• 4.(qal)
• 5.(hithpolel) to excite oneself
• 6.(hithpolel)
• 7.to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together
• 8.to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: gûwr; Pronunciation: goor