Word

מָגוּר

mâgûwr · H4033 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

sojourning

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

Examples
Genesis 17:8 “And I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 28:4 “May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, so that you may possess the land where you live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”
Genesis 36:7 For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they resided could not support them because of their livestock.
fear, terror

State in which humans experience a strong fear that certain things might happen to them

Examples
Psalm 55:15 May death come deceitfully upon them; May they go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

11 occurrences in 5 groups

הֶםtheir 5
יmy 2
ךָyour 2
אָבfather 1
הוּhis 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רַעevil, bad 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

9 occurrences in 4 groups

אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 6
בַּיִתhouse, household 1
יוֹםday, time 1
שָׁנֶהyear 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 1 word

מָעוֹן mâʻôwn · H4583 · dwelling place, den, lair: Both words denote dwelling or habitation places with overlapping core senses. The target term emphasizes sojourning or temporary dwelling, with secondary nuances of 'stranger' or 'pilgrimage', while מָעֹון (mâʻôwn, H4583) emphasizes den, dwelling place or habitation more broadly.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Dwell002002001005: מָגוּר denotes a dwelling place or sojourning, as in Genesis 17:8's "the land where you live as a stranger," placing it among terms for residing or dwelling in a place.
Afraid002001002001: The source data also assigns this entry the Afraid domain, likely reflecting its close relation to the similarly-spelled מָגוֹר ('fear, terror,' מָגוֹר (mâgôwr, H4032)), though this entry's own sampled citations (Genesis 17:8, 28:4, 36:7, 37:1) attest only the sojourning sense.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

גּוּר gûwr · H1481 · to sojourn, to live as alien, to dwell · 99×גֵּר gêr · H1616 · alien, sojourner, stranger · 92×מָגוּרmâgûwr · H4033מָגוֹר mâgôwr · H4032 · sojourning, fear, terror · 9×מְגוֹרַה mᵉgôwrah · H4034 · fear, terror · 3×גֵּרוּת gêrûwth · H1628 · habitation · 1×מְגוּרָה mᵉgûwrâh · H4035 · barn, granary · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4033. magor or magur [מָגוֺר] noun [masculine] sojourning-place, dwelling-place,…

H4033. magor
or magur [מָגוֺר] noun [masculine] sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning — suffix ם מְגוּרָ Psa 55:16; plural construct מְגוּרֵי Gen 37:1; suffix מְגוּרַי Gen 47:9, מְגוּרָי֑ Psa 119:54, מְגֻרֶיךָ Gen 17:8; Gen 28:4, מְגוּרָיו Job 18:19, מְגוּרֵיהֶם Gen 36:7 Gen 36:2t. מְגֻרֵיהֶם Exo 6:4; — dwelling-place Psa 55:16; Job 18:19; — sojourning( -place), always plural מ ׳אֶרֶץ Gen 17:8; Gen 28:4; Gen 36:7; Gen 37:1; Exo 6:4 (Hexateuch always P) Eze 20:38; sojourning (plural) = life time, מ ׳שְׁנֵי Gen 47:9 מ ׳יְמֵי Gen 47:9; compare מ ׳בֵּית Psa 119:54.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0