KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of sojourn, meaning to dwell, lodge, or live temporarily in a place as a stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or resident without permanent possession.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 12:40
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
¶ Now the soiourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was foure hundred and thirtie yeeres.
1611 marginal noteGen. 15.13. acts 7.6. gal. 3.17.
AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, when there was no King in Israel, that there was a certaine Leuite soiourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who tooke to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Iudah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. a woman a concubine, or a wife a concubine.
1611 marginal noteChap. 17.6. and 18.1. and 21.25.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons iudgeth according to euery mans worke, passe the time of your soiourning here in feare:
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Historical English dictionary sources
Dwelling for a time.
