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sojourn

Meaning of “sojourn”

To dwell, lodge, or live temporarily in a place as a stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or resident without permanent possession.

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33 occurrences32 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:10

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Leviticus 25:45
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:45 · retained source text

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

Numbers 9:14
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 9:14 · retained source text

And if a stranger shall soiourne among you, and will keepe the Passeouer vnto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passeouer, and according to the maner thereof, so shall he doe: ye shall haue one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the land.

1611 marginal noteExod. 12.49.

Numbers 15:14
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 15:14 · retained source text

And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer bee among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the LORD: as ye doe, so hee shall doe.

Judges 17:8
And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 17:8 · retained source text

And the man departed out of the citie from Bethlehem Iudah, to soiourne where he could finde a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he iourneyed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in making his way.

Judges 17:9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 17:9 · retained source text

And Micah said vnto him, Whence commest thou? And he said vnto him, I am a Leuite, of Bethlehem Iudah, and I goe to soiourne where I may finde a place.

Ruth 1:1
NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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1611 witness · Ruth 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe it came to passe in the dayes when y e Iudges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a certaine man of Bethlehem Iudah, went to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sonnes.

1611 marginal noteHebr. iudged.

1 Kings 17:20
And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:20 · retained source text

And hee cried vnto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought euill vpon the widow, with whom I soiourne, by slaying her sonne?

2 Kings 8:1
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Then spake Elisha vnto the woman ( whose sonne he had restored to life) saying, Arise, and goe thou and thine housholde, and soiourne whersoeuer thou canst soiourne: for the LORD hath called for a famin, and it shall also come vpon the land seuen yeeres.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.35.

Psalms 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 120:5 · retained source text

Woe is me, that I soiourne in Mesech: that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.

Isaiah 23:7
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:7 · retained source text

Is this your ioyous citie, whose antiquitie is of ancient dayes? her owne feete shall cary her afarre off to soiourne.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from afarre off.

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