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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 BoxGen 17:27 - All H3605 the men H376 of his household, H1004 who H3211 were born H3211 in the house H1004 or bought H4736 with money H3701 from a foreigner, H1121 H5236 were circumcised H4135 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob H3290 said H559 to his household H1004 and to all H3605 who H834 were with him, “Put H5493 away H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 which H834 are among H8432 you, and purify H2891 yourselves and change H2498 your garments; H8071

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave H5414 to Jacob H3290 all H3605 the foreign H5236 gods H430 which H834 [fn]they had H3027 and the rings H5141 which H834 were in their ears, H241 and Jacob H3290 hid H2934 them under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 which H834 was near H5973 Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872 and Aaron, H175 “This H2088 is the ordinance H2708 of the Passover: H6453 no H3605 H3808 [fn]foreigner H1121 H5236 is to eat H398 of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - nor H3808 shall you accept H7126 any H4480 H3605 such H428 from the hand H3027 of a foreigner H1121 H5236 for offering H7126 as the [fn]food H3899 of your God; H430 for their corruption H4893 is in them, they have a defect, H3971 they shall not be accepted H7521 for you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Behold, H2009 you are about to lie H7901 down H7901 with your fathers; H1 and this H2088 people H5971 will arise H6965 and play H2181 the harlot H2181 with the strange H5236 gods H430 of the land, H776 into the midst H7130 of which H834 they are going, H935 and will forsake H5800 Me and break H6565 My covenant H1285 which H834 I have made H3772 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - “The LORD H3068 alone H910 guided H5148 him,
And there H369 was no H369 foreign H5236 god H410 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - “Now H6258 therefore, put H5493 away H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 which H834 are in your midst, H7130 and incline H5186 your hearts H3824 to the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put H5493 away H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 from among H7130 them and served H5647 the LORD; H3068 and [fn]He could H7114 bear H7114 the misery H5999 of Israel H3478 no H7114 longer. H7114

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Then Samuel H8050 spoke H559 to all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 “If H518 you return H7725 to the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your heart, H3824 remove H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 and the Ashtaroth H6252 from among H8432 you and direct H3559 your hearts H3824 to the LORD H3068 and serve H5647 Him alone; H905 and He will deliver H5337 you from the hand H3027 of the Philistines.” H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - “Foreigners H1121 H5236 pretend H3584 obedience H3584 to me;
As soon as they hear, H241 H8085 they obey H8085 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - “Foreigners H1121 H5236 [fn]lose H5034 heart, H5034
And [fn]come H2296 trembling H2296 out of their [fn]fortresses. H4526

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed H5493 the foreign H5236 altars H4196 and high H1116 places, H1116 tore H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars, H4676 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim, H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - He also removed H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 and the idol H5566 from the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 as well as all H3605 the altars H4196 which H834 he had built H1129 on the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and in Jerusalem, H3389 and he threw H7993 them outside H2351 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - The [fn]descendants H2233 of Israel H3478 separated H914 themselves from all H3605 foreigners, H1121 H5236 and stood H5975 and confessed H3034 their sins H2403 and the iniquities H5771 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus I purified H2891 them from everything H3605 foreign H5236 and appointed H5975 duties H4931 for the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 each H376 in his task, H4399

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - As soon as they hear, H8088 H241 they obey H8085 me;
Foreigners H1121 H5236 [fn]submit H3584 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - Foreigners H1121 H5236 fade H5034 away, H5034
And come H2727 trembling H2727 out of their [fn]fortresses. H4526

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - “Let there be no H3808 strange H2114 god H410 among you;
Nor H3808 shall you worship H7812 any foreign H5236 god. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How H349 can we sing H7891 the LORD’S H3068 song H7892
In a foreign H5236 land? H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Stretch H7971 forth H7971 Your hand H3027 from on high; H4791
Rescue H6475 me and deliver H5337 me out of great H7227 waters, H4325
Out of the hand H3027 of aliens H1121 H5236

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Rescue H6475 me and deliver H5337 me out of the hand H3027 of aliens, H1121 H5236
Whose H834 mouth H6310 speaks H1696 deceit H7723
And whose right H3225 hand H3225 is a right H3225 hand H3225 of falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Let not the foreigner H1121 H5236 who has joined H3867 himself to the LORD H3068 say, H559
“The LORD H3068 will surely H914 separate H914 me from His people.” H5971
Nor H408 let the eunuch H5631 say, H559 “Behold, H2005 I am a dry H3002 tree.” H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - “Also the foreigners H1121 H5236 who join H3867 themselves to the LORD, H3068
To minister H8334 to Him, and to love H157 the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068
To be His servants, H5650 every H3605 one H3605 who keeps H8104 from profaning H2490 the sabbath H7676
And holds H2388 fast H2388 My covenant; H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - “Foreigners H1121 will build H1129 up your walls, H2346
And their kings H4428 will minister H8334 to you;
For in My wrath H7110 I struck H5221 you,
And in My favor H7522 I have had H7355 compassion H7355 on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - Strangers H2114 will stand H5975 and pasture H7462 your flocks, H6629
And [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 will be your farmers H406 and your vinedressers. H3755

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 by His right H3225 hand H3225 and by His strong H5797 arm, H2220
“I will never H518 again H5750 give H5414 your grain H1715 as food H3978 for your enemies; H340
Nor H518 will [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 drink H8354 your new H8492 wine H8492 for which H834 you have labored.” H3021

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - “It shall come H1961 about when H3588 [fn]they say, H559 ‘Why H8478 H4100 has the LORD H3068 our God H430 done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428 to us?’ then you shall say H559 to them, ‘As you have forsaken H5800 Me and served H5647 foreign H5236 gods H430 in your land, H776 so H3651 you will serve H5647 strangers H2114 in a land H776 that is not yours.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, H2009 listen! H6963 The cry H7775 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 from a distant H4801 land: H776
“Is the LORD H3068 not in Zion? H6726 Is her King H4428 not within her?”
“Why H4069 have they provoked H3707 Me with their graven H6456 images, H6456 with foreign H5236 [fn]idols?” H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - when you brought H935 in foreigners, H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 in heart H3820 and uncircumcised H6189 in flesh, H1320 to be in My sanctuary H4720 to profane H2490 it, even My house, H1004 when you offered H7126 My food, H3899 the fat H2459 and the blood; H1818 for they made H6565 My covenant H1285 void H6565—this in addition H413 to all H3605 your abominations. H8441

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “No H3605 H3808 foreigner H1121 H5236 uncircumcised H6189 in heart H3820 and uncircumcised H6189 in flesh, H1320 of all H3605 the foreigners H1121 H5236 who H834 are among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 shall enter H935 My sanctuary. H4720

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “He will take H6213 action H6213 against the strongest H4581 of fortresses H4581 with the help of a foreign H5236 god; H433 he will give H7235 great H7235 honor H3519 to [fn]those who H834 acknowledge H5234 him and will cause them to rule H4910 over the many, H7227 and will parcel H2505 out land H127 for a price. H4242

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - “Judah H3063 has dealt H898 treacherously, H898 and an abomination H8441 has been committed H6213 in Israel H3478 and in Jerusalem; H3389 for Judah H3063 has profaned H2490 the sanctuary H6944 of the LORD H3068 [fn]which H834 He loves H157 and has married H1166 the daughter H1323 of a foreign H5236 god. H410
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