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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - The LORD alone was guiding him, no foreign god was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - Joshua said, "Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - Foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - He removed the foreign gods and images from the LORD's temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD's temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. Foreigners are powerless before me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say, 'The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - As for foreigners who become followers of the LORD and serve him, who love the name of the LORD and want to be his servants - all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant -

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - "Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: "I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - "So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' tell them, 'It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, 'Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?'" The LORD answers, "Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it - even my house - when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - This is what the sovereign LORD says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god!
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