תּוֹשָׁב

to.shavsojourner
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine14 occurrences7 books13 verses
This word comes from the name of Tishbe.

Definition

or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427; a dweller but not outlandish [H5237]; especially (as distinguished from a native citizen [active participle of H3427] and a temporary inmate [H1616] or mere lodger [H3885]) resident alien
Traditional renderings: foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.

Glossary entries

Tishbe

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Genesis 23:4וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב · and an outsider
    “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
  2. Exodus 12:45תּוֹשָׁ֥ב · A temporary resident
    A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.
  3. Leviticus 22:10תּוֹשַׁ֥ב · may the guest
    No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
  4. Leviticus 25:6וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ · or foreigner
    Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,
  5. Leviticus 25:23וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים · and residents
    The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
  6. Leviticus 25:35וְתוֹשָׁ֛ב · or stranger
    Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
  7. Leviticus 25:40כְּתוֹשָׁ֖ב · or temporary resident
    Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
  8. Leviticus 25:45הַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜ים · foreigners
    You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
  9. Leviticus 25:47 (2×)וְתוֹשָׁב֙ · residing; תּוֹשָׁב֙
    If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,
  10. Numbers 35:15וְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙ · or stranger
    These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
  11. 1 Kings 17:1מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י · who was among the settlers
    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  12. 1 Chronicles 29:15וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים · and strangers
    For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
  13. Psalm 39:12תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב · a stranger
    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.