Genesis 12:10
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.
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Sojourn
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Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
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גּוּר
gûwr · goor
31 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.
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Strong's first: Genesis 12:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 47:22
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pároikos · par'-oy-kos
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident)
Strong's KJV usage: :--foreigner, sojourn, stranger.
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Strong's first: Acts 7:6Strong's last: Acts 7:6
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mâgûwr · maw-goor'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
Strong's KJV usage: dwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare 4032.
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Strong's first: Ezekiel 20:38Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:38
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H1481
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.
H1481
And 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.
H1481
Sojourn 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;
H1481
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
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sojourn
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. Genesis 12:10.
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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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