תּוֹשָׁבtôwshâb

Meanings

Same root

• יָשַׁבyâshab · H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
• נׇכְרִיnokrîy · H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
• גֵּרgêr · H1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
• לוּןlûwn · H3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 23:4 “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
• Exodus 12:45 Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it.
• Leviticus 22:10 “No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them.
• Leviticus 25:6 But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.
• Leviticus 25:23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
• Leviticus 25:35 “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.