מָגוּרmâgûwr
sojourning-place, dwelling-place, sojourning(-place) (Psalms 55:16; Genesis 37:1; Genesis 47:9; Psalms 119:54; Genesis 17:8)
Pronunciation: maw-goor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4033
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 28:4 May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
- Genesis 36:7 There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.
- Genesis 37:1 So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.
- Genesis 47:9 Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
- Exodus 6:4 And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).