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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 - He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - 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 Ya`akov said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - They gave to Ya`akov all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Ya`akov hid them under the oak which was by Shekhem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - The LORD said to Moshe and Aharon, "This is the ordinance of the Pesach. There shall no foreigner eat of it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall you 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 - The LORD said to Moshe, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where 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 - The LORD alone did lead him, There was no foreign god with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has 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 to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Shemu'el spoke to all the house of Yisra'el, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the `Ashtarot from among you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Pelishtim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - The foreigners shall submit themselves to 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, 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 broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of the LORD, and in Yerushalayim, and cast them out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - The seed of Yisra'el 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 Kohanim and for the Levites, everyone 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 to 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 be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Stretch out your hand from above, Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hands of foreigners;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, Whose mouths speak deceit, 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, who has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, the LORD 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 who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Shabbat from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - 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 - The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you 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: isn't the LORD in Tziyon? Isn't her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - Thus says the Lord GOD, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges 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 - Yehudah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Yisra'el and in Yerushalayim; for Yehudah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
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