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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - “And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, one who is born in the house or one who is bought with money from any foreigner H5236, who is not of your seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - Now all the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner H5236, were circumcised with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign H5236 gods which are among you and cleanse yourselves and change your garments;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign H5236 gods which [fn]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [fn]oak which was near Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 -

And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no [fn]foreigner H5236 shall eat of it;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - nor shall you bring near any such thing from the hand of a foreigner H5236 for offering as the [fn]food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect; they shall not be accepted for you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the foreign H5236 gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have cut with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 -

“Yahweh alone guided him,

And there was no foreign H5236 god with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - “If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign H5236 gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - “So now, put away the foreign H5236 gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they removed the foreign H5236 gods from among them and served Yahweh; and [fn]He could bear the trouble of Israel no longer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 -

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are to return to Yahweh with all your heart, then remove the foreign H5236 gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and set your hearts toward Yahweh and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 -

“Foreigners H5236 cower before me;

As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 -

“Foreigners H5236 fade away,

And [fn]come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed the foreign H5236 altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - He also removed the foreign H5236 gods and the [fn]idol from the house of Yahweh, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of Yahweh and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners H5236, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 -

Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign H5236 and ensured that the responsibilities stood for the priests and the Levites, each in his work,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 -

As soon as they hear, they obey me;

Foreigners H5236 [fn]cower before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 -

Foreigners H5236 fade away,

And come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 -

“Let there be no strange god among you;

And you shall not worship a foreign H5236 god.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 -

How can we sing a song of Yahweh

In a foreign H5236 land?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 -

Send forth Your hand from on high;

Set me free and deliver me out of many waters,

Out of the hand of foreigners H5236

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 -

Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a foreigner H5236,

Whose mouth speaks worthlessness

And whose right hand is a right hand of lying.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 -

Let not the foreigner H5236 who has joined himself to Yahweh say,

“Yahweh will surely separate me from His people.”

Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 -

“Also the foreigners H5236 who join themselves to Yahweh,

To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh,

To be His [fn]slaves, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath

And takes hold of My covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 -

“Foreigners will build up your walls,

And their kings will minister to you;

For in My wrath I struck you,

And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 -

Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,

And [fn]foreigners H5236 will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 -

Yahweh has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;

Nor will [fn]foreigners H5236 drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - “It shall come about when [fn]they say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign H5236 gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 -

Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:

“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign H5236 [fn]idols?”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - when you brought in foreigners H5236, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you brought near My food, the fat and the blood. So they made My covenant voidthis in addition to all your abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “No foreigner H5236, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners H5236 who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign H5236 god; he will give great honor to [fn]those who recognize him and will cause them to rule over the many and will apportion land for a price.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - “Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh [fn]which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign H5236 god.
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