Word Study · Strong's H8453 · Hebrew
תּוֹשָׁב
toshab
to-shawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tôwshâb
“resident alien”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
resident alien
Rendered in the KJV as
foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- הַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜ים1
- וְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙1
- וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔1
- וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב1
- וְתוֹשָׁ֛ב1
- וְתוֹשָׁב֙1
- וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים1
- וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים1
- כְּתוֹשָׁ֖ב1
- מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י1
- תּוֹשַׁ֥ב1
- תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- a resident alien3
- and a resident alien3
- and resident aliens2
- a resident alien of1
- and for the resident alien1
- and to resident alien your1
- like a resident alien1
- one of [the] resident aliens of1
- the resident aliens1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus1 occurrence
Leviticus8 occurrences
- Leviticus 22:10תּוֹשַׁ֥בtoshavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: a resident alien of
- Leviticus 25:6וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ultoshavekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWhatever 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,here: and to resident alien your
- Leviticus 25:23וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛יםvetoshavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThe land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.here: and resident aliens
- Leviticus 25:35וְתוֹשָׁ֛בvetoshavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularNow 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.here: and a resident alien
- Leviticus 25:40כְּתוֹשָׁ֖בketoshavpreposition + noun · masculine singularLet him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.here: like a resident alien
- Leviticus 25:45הַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜יםhatoshavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralYou 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.here: the resident aliens
- Leviticus 25:47וְתוֹשָׁב֙vetoshavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIf 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,here: and a resident alien
- Leviticus 25:47תּוֹשָׁב֙toshavnoun · masculine singularIf 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,here: a resident alien