Word Study · Strong's H5237 · Hebrew
נׇכְרִי
nokri
nok-ree'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nokrîy
“strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
Rendered in the KJV as
alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
- 45occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 19 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 45 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- נָכְרִיָּֽה׃6
- נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת4
- הַנָּכְרִ֑י2
- הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃2
- מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה2
- נָכְרִ֔י2
- נָ֝כְרִ֗י2
- נָכְרִיָּ֣ה2
- נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת2
- הַנָּכְרִ֖י1
- הַנָּכְרִ֔י1
- הַנָּכְרִ֗י1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- foreign15
- a foreign [woman]5
- the foreigner5
- a foreigner3
- the foreign3
- foreigners2
- from a foreign [woman]2
- [am] a foreigner1
- [are] a foreigner1
- [is] alien1
- alien1
- and a foreigner1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- adjective · feminine singular10
- adjective · feminine plural9
- adjective · masculine singular9
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular5
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural3
- preposition + adjective · feminine singular2
- adjective · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural1
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAafsa · 10
- HAafpa · 9
- HAamsa · 9
- HTd/Aamsa · 5
- HTd/Aafpa · 3
- HR/Aafsa · 2
- HAampa · 1
- HC/Aampa · 1
- HC/Aamsa · 1
- HC/Td/Aamsa · 1
- HR/Aampa · 1
- HR/Aamsa · 1
All 45, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 2:22נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ פnakheriyahadjective · feminine singularAnd she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”here: foreign
- Exodus 18:3נָכְרִיָּֽה׃nakheriyahadjective · feminine singularalong with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”here: foreign
- Exodus 21:8נָכְרִ֛יnakheriadjective · masculine singularIf she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.here: foreign
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 14:21לְנָכְרִ֔יlenakheripreposition + adjective · masculine singularYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: to a foreigner
- Deuteronomy 15:3הַנָּכְרִ֖יhanakherithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularYou may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.here: the foreigner
- Deuteronomy 17:15נָכְרִ֔יnakheriadjective · masculine singularyou are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.here: foreign
- Deuteronomy 23:20לַנָּכְרִ֣יlanakheripreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singularYou may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.here: to the foreigner
- Deuteronomy 29:22וְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔יvehanakhericonjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularThen the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.here: and the foreigner
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:41הַנָּכְרִ֔יhanakherithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularAnd as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—here: the foreigner
- 1 Kings 8:43הַנָּכְרִ֑יhanakherithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularthen may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.here: the foreigner
- 1 Kings 11:1נָכְרִיּ֛וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralKing Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.here: foreign
- 1 Kings 11:8הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹתhanakheriyotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluralHe did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.here: the foreign
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 6:32הַנָּכְרִ֗יhanakherithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularAnd as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,here: the foreigner
- 2 Chronicles 6:33הַנָּכְרִ֑יhanakherithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularthen may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.here: the foreigner
Ezra7 occurrences
- Ezra 10:2נָכְרִיּ֖וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralThen Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.here: foreign
- Ezra 10:10נָכְרִיּ֑וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralThen Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.here: foreign
- Ezra 10:11הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃hanakheriyotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluralNow, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”here: the foreign
- Ezra 10:14נָכְרִיּוֹת֙nakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralLet our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”here: foreign
- Ezra 10:17נָכְרִיּ֑וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluraland by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.here: foreign
- Ezra 10:18נָכְרִיּ֑וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralAmong the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:here: foreign
- Ezra 10:44נָכְרִיּ֑וֹתnakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralAll these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.here: foreign
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 13:26הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃hanakheriyotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluralDid not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.here: the foreign
- Nehemiah 13:27נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃nakheriyotadjective · feminine pluralMust we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”here: foreign
Proverbs9 occurrences
- Proverbs 2:16מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הminakheriyahpreposition + adjective · feminine singularIt will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive wordshere: from a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 5:10נָכְרִֽי׃nakheriadjective · masculine singularlest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.here: a foreigner
- Proverbs 5:20נָכְרִיָּֽה׃nakheriyahadjective · feminine singularWhy be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?here: a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 6:24נָכְרִיָּֽה׃nakheriyahadjective · feminine singularto keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.here: a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 7:5מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הminakheriyahpreposition + adjective · feminine singularthat they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.here: from a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 20:16נָכְרִיָּ֣הnakherimadjective · feminine singularTake the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.here: a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 23:27נָכְרִיָּֽה׃nakheriyahadjective · feminine singularFor a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.here: a foreign [woman]
- Proverbs 27:2נָ֝כְרִ֗יnakheriadjective · masculine singularLet another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.here: a foreigner
- Proverbs 27:13נָכְרִיָּ֣הnakheriyahadjective · feminine singularTake the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.here: a foreign [woman]
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 2:6נָכְרִ֖יםnakherimadjective · masculine pluralFor You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.here: foreigners
- Isaiah 28:21נָכְרִיָּ֖הnakheriyahadjective · feminine singularFor the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.here: [is] alien