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Lexicon :: Strong's H5237 - nāḵrî

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נָכְרִי
Transliteration
nāḵrî
Pronunciation
nok-ree'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From נֶכֶר (H5235) (second form)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1368c

Strong’s Definitions

נׇכְרִי nokrîy, nok-ree'; from H5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful):—alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's H5237 in the following manner: stranger (18x), strange (17x), alien (4x), strange woman (3x), foreigner (2x), outlandish (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's H5237 in the following manner: stranger (18x), strange (17x), alien (4x), strange woman (3x), foreigner (2x), outlandish (1x), stranger (with H376) (1x).

  1. foreign, alien

    1. foreign

    2. foreigner (subst)

    3. foreign woman, harlot

    4. unknown, unfamiliar (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נׇכְרִי nokrîy, nok-ree'; from H5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful):—alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
STRONGS H5237: Abbreviations
† נָכְרִי adjective foreign, alien (Late Hebrew נָכְרִי = Gentile); — נ׳ absolute masculine Zephaniah 1:8 +; feminine נָכְרִיָּה Exodus 2:22 +; masculine plural נָכְרִים Isaiah 2:6 + 2 times + Proverbs 20:16 Kt (> Qr נָכְרִיָּה), + Proverbs 27:13 (so read for MT נָכְרִיָּה); feminine plural נָכְרִיּוֺת Genesis 31:15 +; —
1.
a. foreign: עַם נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 (E) a foreign (non-Israel) people, אִישׁ נ׳ Deuteronomy 17:15 (|| לֹא אָתִיךָ); מַלְבּוּשׁ נ׳ Zephaniah 1:8; אֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה Exodus 2:22 (J) foreign land, so Exodus 18:3 (E); especially נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign (non-Israel) women 1 Kings 11:18; Ezra 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Nehemiah 13:26, 27.
b. as substantive נָכְרִי foreigner (non-Israel) Judges 19:12 (+ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), 1 Kings 8:41 (+ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מֵעַמְּךָ), = 2 Chronicles 6:32 (+ id.), 1 Kings 8:43 2 Chronicles 6:33; Deuteronomy 14:21 (|| גֵּר), Deuteronomy 15:3; Deuteronomy 23:21 (opposed to אָחִיךָ), Deuteronomy 29:21 (+ אֲשֶׁר יָבאֹ מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֺקָה); as predicate, 2 Samuel 15:19 (|| גֹּלֶה), נָכְרִיָּה Ruth 2:10; plural נָכְרִים foreigners Lamentations 5:2 (זָרִים), Obadiah 11 (|| id.); compare יַלְדֵי נָכְרִים Isaiah 2:6; feminine plural alien women Genesis 31:15 (E; i.e. not of one's father's family).
2. נָכְרִיָּה foreign woman, as technical term, in Proverbs, for harlot (perhaps because harlots were originally chiefly foreigners): Proverbs 2:16 (|| אִשָּׁה זָרָה), Proverbs 7:5 (|| id.), Proverbs 5:20 (|| זָרָה), Proverbs 6:24 (|| אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע), Proverbs 23:27 (|| זוֺנָה). — On Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 27:13 see below.
3. figurative unknown, unfamiliar: נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְּעֵינֵיהֶם Job 19:15 an alien am I become in their eyes; לִבְנֵי אִמִּי נ׳ Psalm 69:9 (|| מוּזָר הָיִיתִי לְאֶחָ֑י); אִישׁ נ׳ Ecclesiastes 6:2; of י׳'s judgment, נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתוֺ Isaiah 28:21 strange is his task! (|| זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ); גֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה Jeremiah 2:21 an alien vine (opposed to זֶרַע אֱמֶת), figurative of degenerate Israel; as substantive, נָכְרִים Proverbs 20:16 Kt (> Qr נָכְרִיָּה), alens, persons unknown to him (|| זָר), so read also (for MT נָכְרִיָּה) || Proverbs 27:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:15; 31:15

Exodus

2:22; 2:22; 18:3; 21:8

Deuteronomy

14:21; 15:3; 17:15; 23:21; 29:21

Judges

19:12

Ruth

2:10

2 Samuel

15:19

1 Kings

8:41; 8:43; 11:18

2 Chronicles

6:32; 6:33

Ezra

10:2; 10:10; 10:11; 10:14; 10:17; 10:18; 10:44

Nehemiah

13:26; 13:27

Job

19:15

Psalms

69:9

Proverbs

2:16; 5:20; 6:24; 7:5; 20:16; 20:16; 20:16; 23:27; 27:13; 27:13; 27:13

Ecclesiastes

6:2

Isaiah

2:6; 2:6; 28:21

Jeremiah

2:21

Lamentations

5:2

Obadiah

1:11

Zephaniah

1:8; 1:8

H5237

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5237 matches the Hebrew נָכְרִי (nāḵrî),
which occurs 45 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - “Are we not reckoned H2803 by him as foreigners? H5237 For he has sold H4376 us, and has also H1571 [fn]entirely H398 consumed H398 [fn]our purchase H3701 price. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Then she gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son, H1121 and he named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Gershom, H1647 for he said, H559 “I have been H1961 a [fn]sojourner H1616 in a foreign H5237 land.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - and her two H8147 sons, H1121 of whom H834 [fn]one H259 was named H8034 Gershom, H1647 for Moses said, H559 “I have been H1961 a [fn]sojourner H1616 in a foreign H5237 land.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - “If H518 she is [fn]displeasing H7451 in the eyes H5869 of her master H113 [fn]who H834 designated H3259 her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. H6299 He does not have H4910 authority H4910 to sell H4376 her to a foreign H5237 people H5971 because of his [fn]unfairness H898 to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the alien H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town, H8179 so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a foreigner, H5237 for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God. H430 You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - “From a foreigner H5237 you may exact H5065 it, but your hand H3027 shall release H8058 whatever H834 of yours is with your brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - you shall surely H7760 set H7760 a king H4428 over H5921 you whom H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses, H977 one from among H7130 your [fn]countrymen H251 you shall set H7760 as king H4428 over H5921 yourselves; you may H3201 not put H5414 a foreigner H5237 over H5921 yourselves who H834 is not your [fn]countryman. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - “You may charge H5391 interest H5391 to a foreigner, H5237 but to your [fn]countrymen H251 you shall not charge H5391 interest, H5391 so H4616 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 [fn]that you undertake H3027 H4916 in the land H776 which H834 you are about to enter H935 to [fn]possess. H3423

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 - “Now the generation H1755 to come, H314 your sons H1121 who H834 rise H6965 up after H4480 H310 you and the foreigner H5237 who H834 comes H935 from a distant H7350 land, H776 when they see H7200 the plagues H4347 of the land H776 and the diseases H8463 with which H834 the LORD H3068 has [fn]afflicted H2470 it, will say, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - However, his master H113 said H559 to him, “We will not turn H5493 aside H5493 into the city H5892 of foreigners H5237 who H834 are not of the sons H1121 of Israel; H3478 but we will go H5674 on as far H5704 as Gibeah.” H1390

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell H5307 on her face, H6440 bowing H7812 to the ground H776 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 have I found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869 that you should take H5234 notice H5234 of me, since I am a foreigner?” H5237

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to Ittai H863 the Gittite, H1663 “Why H4100 will you also H1571 go H1980 with us? Return H7725 and remain H3427 with the king, H4428 for you are a foreigner H5237 and also H1571 an exile; H1540 return to your own place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:41 - “Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not of Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 when he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 for Your name’s H8034 sake H4616

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - hear H8085 in heaven H8064 Your dwelling H3427 place, H4349 and do H6213 according to all H3605 for which H834 the foreigner H5237 calls H7121 to You, in order H4616 that all H3605 the peoples H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 Your name, H8034 to [fn]fear H3372 You, as do Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 and that they may know H3045 that [fn]this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 is called H7121 by Your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 - Now King H4428 Solomon H8010 loved H157 many H7227 foreign H5237 women H802 along with the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh: H6547 Moabite, H4125 Ammonite, H5984 Edomite, H130 Sidonian, H6722 and Hittite H2850 women, H802

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:8 - Thus H3651 also he did H6213 for all H3605 his foreign H5237 wives, H802 who burned H6999 incense H6999 and sacrificed H2076 to their gods. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 - “Also H1571 concerning H413 the foreigner H5237 who H834 is not from Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 when he comes H935 from a far H7350 country H776 for Your great H1419 name’s H8034 sake H4616 and Your mighty H2389 hand H3027 and Your outstretched H5186 arm, H2220 when they come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house, H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then hear H8085 from heaven, H8064 from Your dwelling H3427 place, H4349 and do H6213 according to all H3605 for which H834 the foreigner H5237 calls H7121 to You, in order H4616 that all H3605 the peoples H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 Your name, H8034 and [fn]fear H3372 You as do Your people H5971 Israel, H3478 and that they may know H3045 that [fn]this H2088 house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 is called H7121 by Your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shecaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Jehiel, H3171 one of the sons H1121 of Elam, H5867 said H559 to Ezra, H5830 “We have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 to our God H430 and have [fn]married H3427 foreign H5237 women H802 from the peoples H5971 of the land; H776 yet now H6258 there H3426 is hope H4723 for Israel H3478 in spite H5921 of this. H2088

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 stood H6965 up and said H559 to them, “You have been H4603 unfaithful H4603 and have married H3427 foreign H5237 wives H802 adding H3254 to the guilt H819 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - “Now H6258 therefore, make H5414 confession H8426 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 and do H6213 His will; H7522 and separate H914 yourselves from the peoples H5971 of the land H776 and from the foreign H5237 wives.” H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Let our leaders H8269 [fn]represent H5975 the whole H3605 assembly H6951 and let all H3605 those in our cities H5892 who have married H3427 foreign H5237 wives H802 come H935 at appointed H2163 times, H6256 together H5973 with the elders H2205 and judges H8199 of each H5892 city, H5892 until H5704 the fierce H2740 anger H639 of our God H430 on account H5704 of this H2088 matter H1697 is turned H7725 away H7725 from us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - They finished H3615 investigating all H3605 the men H376 who had married H3427 foreign H5237 wives H802 by the first H259 day H3117 of the first H7223 month. H2320

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - Among H4480 the sons H1121 of the priests H3548 who H834 had married H3427 foreign H5237 wives H802 were found H4672 of the sons H1121 of Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak, H3087 and his brothers: H251 Maaseiah, H4641 Eliezer, H461 Jarib H3402 and Gedaliah. H1436

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - All H3605 these H428 had married H5375 foreign H5237 wives, H802 and some H4480 of them had H3426 wives H802 by whom they had H7760 children. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - “Did not Solomon H8010 king H4428 of Israel H3478 sin H2398 regarding H5921 these H428 things? H428 Yet among the many H7227 nations H1471 there was no H3808 king H4428 like H3644 him, and he was loved H157 by his God, H430 and God H430 made H5414 him king H4428 over H5921 all H3605 Israel; H3478 nevertheless H1571 the foreign H5237 women H802 caused even H1571 him to sin. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - “[fn]Do we then hear H8085 about you that you have committed H6213 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 evil H7451 by acting H4603 unfaithfully H4603 against our God H430 by [fn]marrying H3427 foreign H5237 women?” H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:15 - “Those who live H1481 in my house H1004 and my maids H519 consider H2803 me a stranger. H2114
I am H1961 a foreigner H5237 in their sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8 - I have H1961 become H1961 estranged H2114 [fn]from my brothers H251
And an alien H5237 to my mother’s H517 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16 - To deliver H5337 you from the strange H2114 woman, H802
From the [fn]adulteress H5237 who flatters H2505 with her words; H561

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - And strangers H2114 will be filled H7646 with your strength H3581
And your hard-earned H6089 goods H6089 will go to the house H1004 of an alien; H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20 - For why H4100 should you, my son, H1121 be exhilarated H7686 with an [fn]adulteress H2114
And embrace H2263 the bosom H2436 of a foreigner? H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - To keep H8104 you from the evil H7451 woman, H802
From the smooth H2513 tongue H3956 of the [fn]adulteress. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:5 - That they may keep H8104 you from an [fn]adulteress, H802 H2114
From the foreigner H5237 who [fn]flatters H2505 with her words. H561

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:16 - Take H3947 his garment H899 when H3588 he becomes H6148 surety H6148 for a stranger; H2114
And for foreigners, H5237 hold H2254 him in pledge. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a harlot H2181 is a deep H6013 pit H7745
And an [fn]adulterous H5237 woman H5237 is a narrow H6862 well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another H2114 praise H1984 you, and not your own mouth; H6310
A stranger, H5237 and not your own lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:13 - Take H3947 his garment H899 when H3588 he becomes H6148 surety H6148 for a stranger; H2114
And for an [fn]adulterous H5237 woman H5237 hold H2254 him in pledge. H2254

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man H376 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth H5233 and honor H3519 so that his soul H5315 lacks H2638 nothing H369 of all H3605 that he desires; H183 yet God H430 has not empowered H7980 him to eat H398 from them, for a foreigner H5237 [fn]enjoys H398 them. This H2088 is [fn]vanity H1892 and a severe H7451 affliction. H2483

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For You have abandoned H5203 Your people, H5971 the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290
Because H3588 they are filled H4390 with influences from the east, H6924
And they are soothsayers H6049 like the Philistines, H6430
And they strike H5606 bargains with the children H3206 of foreigners. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - For the LORD H3068 will rise H6965 up as at Mount H2022 Perazim, H6559
He will be stirred H7264 up as in the valley H6010 of Gibeon, H1391
To do H6213 His task, H4639 His [fn]unusual H2114 task, H4639
And to work H5647 His work, H5656 His [fn]extraordinary H5237 work. H5656

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - “Yet I planted H5193 you a choice H8321 vine, H8321
A completely H3605 faithful H571 seed. H2233
How H349 then have you turned H2015 yourself before Me
Into the degenerate H5493 shoots of a foreign H5237 vine? H1612

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 - Our inheritance H5159 has been turned H2015 over to strangers, H2114
Our houses H1004 to aliens. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - “On the day H3117 that you stood H5975 aloof, H4480 H5048
On the day H3117 that strangers H2114 carried H7617 off H7617 his wealth, H2428
And foreigners H5237 entered H935 his gate H8179
And cast H3032 lots H1486 for Jerusalem H3389—
You too H1571 were as one H259 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:8 - “Then it will come H1961 about on the day H3117 of the LORD’S H3068 sacrifice H2077
That I will punish H6485 the princes, H8269 the king’s H4428 sons H1121
And all H3605 who clothe H3847 themselves with foreign H5237 garments. H4403
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