Word Study · Strong's H5236 · Hebrew
נֵכָר
nekar
nay-kawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nêkâr
“foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Rendered in the KJV as
alien, strange ([phrase] -er).
- 36occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 36 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- נֵכָֽר׃6
- נֵכָ֔ר4
- נֵכָ֑ר4
- הַנֵּכָר֙3
- נֵכָ֖ר3
- נֵכָ֗ר3
- נֵכָר֙3
- הַנֵּכָ֖ר2
- הַנֵּכָ֗ר2
- הַנֵּכָ֛ר1
- הַנֵּכָ֤ר1
- נֵ֝כָ֗ר1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- foreignness26
- the foreignness9
- the foreignness of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular26
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 26
- HTd/Ncmsa · 9
- HNcmsc · 1
All 36, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms6 of 36 · 17%
- Isaiah5 of 36 · 14%
- Genesis4 of 36 · 11%
- Ezekiel3 of 36 · 8%
- Deuteronomy2 of 36 · 6%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 17:12נֵכָ֔רnekharnoun · masculine singularGeneration after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.here: foreignness
- Genesis 17:27נֵכָ֑רnekharnoun · masculine singularAnd all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.here: foreignness
- Genesis 35:2הַנֵּכָר֙hanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.here: the foreignness
- Genesis 35:4הַנֵּכָר֙hanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.here: the foreignness
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 31:16נֵֽכַר־nekhar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.here: the foreignness of
- Deuteronomy 32:12נֵכָֽר׃nekharnoun · masculine singularThe LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.here: foreignness
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 24:20נֵכָ֑רnekharnoun · masculine singularIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”here: foreignness
- Joshua 24:23הַנֵּכָ֖רhanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”here: the foreignness
2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 14:3הַנֵּכָ֖רhanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.here: the foreignness
- 2 Chronicles 33:15הַנֵּכָ֤רhanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.here: the foreignness
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 9:2נֵכָ֑רnekharnoun · masculine singularThose of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.here: foreignness
- Nehemiah 13:30נֵכָ֑רnekharnoun · masculine singularThus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.here: foreignness
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 18:44נֵ֝כָ֗רnekharnoun · masculine singularWhen they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.here: foreignness
- Psalms 18:45נֵכָ֥רnekharnoun · masculine singularForeigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.here: foreignness
- Psalms 81:9נֵכָֽר׃nekharnoun · masculine singularThere must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.here: foreignness
- Psalms 137:4נֵכָֽר׃nekharnoun · masculine singularHow can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?here: foreignness
- Psalms 144:7נֵכָֽר׃nekharnoun · masculine singularReach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,here: foreignness
- Psalms 144:11נֵ֫כָ֥רnekharnoun · masculine singularSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.here: foreignness
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 56:3הַנֵּכָ֗רhanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularLet no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”here: the foreignness
- Isaiah 56:6הַנֵּכָ֗רhanekharthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—here: the foreignness
- Isaiah 60:10נֵכָר֙nekharnoun · masculine singularForeigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.here: foreignness
- Isaiah 61:5נֵכָ֔רnekharnoun · masculine singularStrangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.here: foreignness
- Isaiah 62:8נֵכָר֙nekharnoun · masculine singularThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.here: foreignness
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:19נֵכָר֙nekharnoun · masculine singularAnd when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”here: foreignness
- Jeremiah 8:19נֵכָֽר׃nekharnoun · masculine singularListen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”here: foreignness
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 44:7נֵכָ֗רnekharnoun · masculine singularIn addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.here: foreignness
- Ezekiel 44:9נֵכָ֗רnekharnoun · masculine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.here: foreignness
- Ezekiel 44:9נֵכָ֔רnekharnoun · masculine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.here: foreignness