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Lexicon :: Strong's H5236 - nēḵār

Aa
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 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:23 - Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority: from the time when my name comes to their ears, they will be ruled by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:15 - He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:9 - There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is not yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a far land: Is the Lord not in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they made me angry with their images and their strange gods which are no gods?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - To have let men from strange lands, without circumcision of heart or flesh, come into my holy place, making my house unclean; and to have made the offering of my food, even the fat and the blood; and in addition to all your disgusting ways, you have let my agreement be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:9 - For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he will make use of the people of a strange god to keep his strongest places; to those whom he takes note of he will give high honour: and he will make them rulers over the mass of the people, and will make division of the land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.
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