גּוּר I (b. h.) [to move around (cmp. סחר),] to be a stranger, sojourn, dwell. Sot. 36ᵇ גֹרֹא שגָֹּרֹ וכ׳ he is named Gera (Gen. XLVI, 21), because he (Joseph) dwells in exile; Gen. R. s. 94. Yeb. 96ᵇ is it possible לָגּוּר וכ׳ בשני to dwell (simultaneously) in two worlds? Sabb. 104ᵃ, v. ג"ר. Sifré Deut. 301 (ref. to Deut. XXVI, 5) מלמד … להשתקע אלא לָגוּר שם it proves that he (Jacob) did not go down to be permanently settled, but only to sojourn there; a. fr.—Denom. גֵּר.
    Pi. - גִּיֵּיר (denom. of גֵּר) to make a proselyte, to initiate into the Jewish faith. Gen. R. s. 39 (ref. to Gen. XII, 5 ‘the souls which they had made’) אלו הגרים שגִּיְּירוּ that means the proselytes they had made. Ib. כל מי שמקרב … ומְגַיְּירוֹ וכ׳ whoever befriends a gentile and effects his conversion, is considered as though he had created him. Sabb. 31ᵃ גַּיְּירֵנִי וכ׳ make me a Jew with the condition &c.; a. fr. [For גִּיֵּיר to dress with lime, v. גִּיר.]
    Hithpa. - הִתְגַּיֵּיר, , Nithpa. נִתְגַּיֵּיר to become a proselyte. Ber. 57ᵇ עתידים להִתְגַּיֵּיר they will adopt the Jewish faith. Yeb. 47ᵇ גר שבא להתג׳ if a stranger comes (appears before Jewish authorities) desirous to become a Jew. Ab. Zar. 3ᵇ מִתְגַּיְּירִין shall ask to be admitted &c.; a. fr.