נֵכָר nekhar

Hebrew word for “foreign” · Strong’s H5236 · used 36 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign; 1a) foreignness, foreign gods; 1b) alien, foreigner; 1c) foreign (vanities)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nekhar in context, with how often each is used:

• foreignness 36

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 17 (2), Genesis 35 (2), Joshua 24 (2), 2 Samuel 22 (2), Psalms 18 (2), Psalms 144 (2), Isaiah 56 (2), Ezekiel 44 (2), Exodus 12 (1), Leviticus 22 (1)

Forms

• נכר 27
• הנכר 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nekhar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 6
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 4
• זוּר zur “be a stranger” 3
• עִם im “with” 5
• חָלַל chalal “to profane/begin” 3
• כֶם khem “you” 4
• יָלִיד yalid “born” 2
• מִקְנָה miqnah “purchase” 2
• מִסְגֶּרֶת misgeret “perimeter” 2
• פָּצָה patsah “to open” 2
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 3
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3

Key verses

The verses using nekhar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• Judges 10:16 — And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• 1 Samuel 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from…
• Nehemiah 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
• Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the…
• Isaiah 56:6 — Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the…
• Isaiah 60:10 — And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy…
• Isaiah 62:8 — The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the…
• Jeremiah 8:19 — Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have…
• Ezekiel 44:7 — In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house,…
• Malachi 2:11 — Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.