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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 - 'And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;

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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, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, 'Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, 'This is a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption is in them; blemish is in them; they are not pleasing for you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, 'If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah -- turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and casteth them to the outside of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: 'Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, 'Lo, I am a tree dried up,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner are your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: 'I give not thy corn any more as food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - And it hath come to pass, when ye say, 'For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, 'As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - In your bringing in sons of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My sanctuary, to pollute it, even My house, in your bringing near My bread, fat, and blood, and they break My covenant by all your abominations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - 'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: No son of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, cometh in unto My sanctuary, even any son of a stranger, who is in the midst of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he hath dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he hath acknowledged; he multiplieth honour, and hath caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportioneth at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
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