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תּוֹשָׁב H8453

H8453 is the Hebrew word תּוֹשָׁב, transliterated tôwshâb and said to-shawb'. The King James Version most often renders it sojourner.

Word: תּוֹשָׁבTransliteration: tôwshâbSaid: to-shawb'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

resident alien.

Where it comes from

or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427 (יָשַׁב); a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237 (נׇכְרִי))); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427 (יָשַׁב)) and a temporary inmate (H1616 (גֵּר)) or mere lodger (H3885 (לוּן))).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

sojourner 5×foreigner 1×stranger 1×or a sojourner 1×strangers 1×or stranger 1×or sojourner 1×inhabitants 1×sojourners 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.

Verses using תּוֹשָׁב

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 23:4 · KJV

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Exodus 12:45 · KJV

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Leviticus 22:10 · KJV

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Leviticus 25:6 · KJV

And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

Leviticus 25:35 · KJV

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Leviticus 25:40 · KJV

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

Leviticus 25:45 · KJV

Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Leviticus 25:47 · KJV

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Numbers 35:15 · KJV

These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

1 Kings 17:1 · KJV

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Chronicles 29:15 · KJV

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

Psalm 39:12 · KJV

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8453 mean?

H8453 is the Hebrew word תּוֹשָׁב (tôwshâb), meaning resident alien.

How is H8453 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it sojourner (5 times), foreigner (1 time), stranger (1 time), or a sojourner (1 time), strangers (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8453 appear in the Bible?

תּוֹשָׁב (tôwshâb) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8453 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or תֹּשָׁב; (1 Kings 17:1), from H3427 (יָשַׁב); a dweller (but not outlandish (H5237 (נׇכְרִי))); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of H3427 (יָשַׁב)) and a temporary inmate (H1616 (גֵּר)) or mere lodger (H3885 (לוּן))).

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