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Lexicon :: Strong's H5236 - nēḵār

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נֵכָר
Transliteration
nēḵār
Pronunciation
nay-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1368b

Strong’s Definitions

נֵכָר nêkâr, nay-kawr'; ' from H5234; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom:—alien, strange (+ -er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H5236 in the following manner: strange (17x), stranger (with H1121) (10x), stranger (7x), alien (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H5236 in the following manner: strange (17x), stranger (with H1121) (10x), stranger (7x), alien (1x).

  1. foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign

    1. foreignness, foreign gods

    2. alien, foreigner

    3. foreign (vanities)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֵכָר nêkâr, nay-kawr'; ' from H5234; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom:—alien, strange (+ -er).
STRONGS H5236: Abbreviations
† נֵכָר noun [masculine] that which is foreign, foreignness **(properly unknown, compare Arabic √) (on formation compare LagBN 51, 154); — absolute נ׳ Judges 10:16 +, construct נֵכַרֿ Deuteronomy 31:16; — foreignness (of another family, tribe, or nation), especially
1. אֱלֹהֵי (הַ)נֵּכָר = foreign gods Genesis 35:2, 4; Joshua 24:20, 23 (all E, = אֲחֵרִים א׳ of D, compare אַחֵר), Judges 10:16; 1 Samuel 7:3; Jeremiah 5:19; 2 Chronicles 33:5; נֵכַרהָֿאָרֶץ א׳ Deuteronomy 31:16 = foreign gods of the land; singular אֵל נֵכָר Deuteronomy 32:12; Malachi 2:11; Psalm 81:10; אֱלוֺהַּ נ׳ Daniel 11:39.
2. בֶּןֿ(הַ)נֵּכָר = foreigner Genesis 17:12 (|| לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ), Genesis 17:27; Exodus 12:43 (all P), Leviticus 22:25 (H), Ezekiel 44:9 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:2; Isaiah 56:3; בְּנֵי (ה)נ׳ 2 Samuel 22:45, 46 = Psalm 18:45; Psalm 18:46; Ezekiel 44:7; Isaiah 56:6; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5; Isaiah 62:8; Psalm 144:7; Psalm 144:11.
3. other combinations: הַבְלֵי נ׳ Jeremiah 8:19 foreign vanities (idolatries); מִזְבְּחוֺת הַנּ׳ 2 Chronicles 14:2 foreign altars; אַדְמַת נ׳ Psalm 137:4 foreign soil; מִכָּלנֿ׳ Nehemiah 13:30 from everything foreign.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:12; 17:27; 35:2; 35:4

Exodus

12:43

Leviticus

22:25

Deuteronomy

31:16; 31:16; 32:12

Joshua

24:20; 24:23

Judges

10:16; 10:16

1 Samuel

7:3

2 Samuel

22:45; 22:46

2 Chronicles

14:2; 33:5

Nehemiah

9:2; 13:30

Psalms

18:45; 18:46; 81:10; 137:4; 144:7; 144:11

Isaiah

56:3; 56:6; 60:10; 61:5; 62:8

Jeremiah

5:19; 8:19

Ezekiel

44:7; 44:9

Daniel

11:39

Malachi

2:11

H5236

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5236 matches the Hebrew נֵכָר (nēḵār),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 -
Jehovah alone did lead him,
And there was no foreign god with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 -
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me:
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 -
The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall come trembling out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 -
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 -
The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall come trembling out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 -
There shall no strange god be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 -
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 -
Stretch forth thy hand from above;
Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
Out of the hand of aliens;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 -
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add unto all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.
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