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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 - “He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - and all the men of his house, born in the house 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 - And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - ‘Nor from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as the bread of your God, because their corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they 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 - So the LORD alone led 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 you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths[fn] from among you, and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only; and 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 - The foreigners submit to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened[fn] from their hideouts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they 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 I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - There shall be no foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How shall 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,
From the hand of foreigners,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
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 - Do not let the son of the foreigner
Who has joined himself to the LORD
Speak, saying,
“The LORD has utterly separated me from His people”;
Nor let the eunuch say,
“Here I am, a dry tree.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - “The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
And their kings shall minister to you;
For in My wrath I struck you,
But in My favor I have 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 the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

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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 longer give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner 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 - “And it will be when you say, ‘Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Listen! The voice,
The cry of the daughter of my people
From a far country:
“Is not the LORD in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - “When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of 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 or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has profaned
The LORD’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
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