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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #5237 - נָכְרִי

Transliteration

nokrîy

Phonetics

nok-ree'

Origin

from (H5235) (second form)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

1368c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

foreign, alien
1. foreign
2. foreigner (subst)
3. foreign woman, harlot
4. unknown, unfamiliar (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3581 ‑ ξένος (xen'‑os); 2398 ‑ ἴδιος (id'‑ee‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (42)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (42)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (42)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (45)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (45)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 2

Zephaniah 1

LSB (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 15

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (46)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Proverbs 11

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (49)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 11

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (44)

Genesis 1

Exodus 3

Deuteronomy 5

Judges 1

Ruth 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 7

Nehemiah 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 9

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (42)

a foreigner 1

a stranger 1

according to all that the foreigner 2

and a foreign woman 1

and an alien 1

and foreigners 1

and from the foreign 1

by him as foreigners 1

did foreign 1

even from the foreigner 1

for thou art a foreigner 1

foreign 8

from the foreigner 1

he for all his foreign 1

her unto a foreign 1

his strange 1

i am an alien 1

in a foreign 2

it unto a foreigner 1

moreover concerning the foreigner 2

of a foreign 1

of a foreigner 3

of an alien 1

of foreigners 1

of me, seeing i am a foreigner 1

of the foreigner's 1

unto a foreigner 1

unto aliens 1

with foreign 1

you, and the foreigner 1

BSB (42)

a foreign 1

a foreigner 2

a stranger 1

a wayward woman 2

and a foreigner 1

and an adulteress 1

and foreigners 1

and from your foreign 1

and the foreigner 1

as outsiders 1

both a foreigner 1

foreign 8

from the stranger 2

his disturbing 1

his foreign 1

in a foreign 2

in foreign 1

it to a foreigner 1

of a foreigner 1

of a stranger 1

of foreigners 2

of the adulteress 1

something from a foreigner 1

the foreigner 4

to foreigners 1

wild 1

you may charge a foreigner 1

CSB (33)

a foreigner 1

foreign 14

foreigner 6

foreigners 2

of a stranger 2

outsiders 1

stranger 4

the foreigner 3

ESV (42)

adulteress 6

alien 2

foreign 15

foreigner 12

foreigners 5

stranger 1

wild 1

KJV (45)

alien 3

aliens 1

foreigner 1

foreigners 1

outlandish 1

over 1

strange 16

stranger 15

strangers 2

woman 4

LEB (45)

⌊an adulteress⌋ 2

a foreign woman 1

a foreigner 4

a stranger 1

am a foreigner 1

and a foreigner to my mother 1

and foreigners 1

and the foreigner 1

are a foreigner 1

foreign 9

foreigners 2

foreigners by him 1

her to foreign 1

his foreign 1

his misfortune 1

in a foreign 2

is ⌊an adulteress⌋ 1

is alien 1

it to a foreigner 1

of a foreigner 1

the foreign 2

the foreigner 5

to foreigners 1

to the foreigner 1

with respect to the foreigner 1

yet the foreign 1

LSB (51)

exceptional 1

foreign 22

foreigner 16

foreigners 6

woman 6

N95 (46)

adulteress 2

adulterous 2

alien 1

aliens 1

extraordinary 1

foreign 16

foreigner 15

foreigners 5

stranger 1

woman 2

NAS (49)

extraordinary 1

foreign 19

foreigner 15

foreigners 6

strange 1

stranger 3

woman 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (44)

a foreigner 1

a stranger 1

according to all that the foreigner 2

an alien 1

and a wayward wife 1

and foreigners 1

and from the foreign 1

by him as foreigners 1

even from the foreigner 1

for a wayward woman 1

for all his foreign 1

for you are a foreigner 1

foreign 8

from the foreigner 1

her to a foreign 1

his extraordinary 1

i am an alien 1

in a foreign 2

it for a wayward woman 1

it to a foreigner 1

moreover concerning the foreigner 2

nevertheless foreign 1

of a foreign 1

of a foreigner 2

of another 1

of foreigners 1

to a foreigner 1

to aliens 1

with foreign 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2406) r k n (נכר NKR) AC: Know CO: ? AB: ?

V) r k n (נכר NKR) - Know: KJV (50): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) know, acknowledge, discern, respect, knowledge, known, feign - Strongs: H5234 (נָכַר)

N^m) r k n (נכר NKR) - I. Foreign:An unknown person, place or thing. II. Disaster:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (37): strange, stranger, alien - Strongs: H5235 (נֹכֶר), H5236 (נֵכָר)

a^m) r k n m (מנכר MNKR) - Acquaintance: One who is known [df: rkm] KJV (2): acquaintance - Strongs: H4378 (מַכָּר)

f^m ) i r k n (נכרי NKRY) - Foreigner: One who is not known. KJV (45): stranger, strange, alien, foreigner, outlandish - Strongs: H5237 (נָכְרִי)

h^f1) e r k n m (מנכרה MNKRH) - Minkrah: An unknown plant. KJV (1): pit - Strongs: H4379 (מִכְרֶה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נָכְרִי adjective foreign, alien (Late Hebrew נָכְרִי = Gentile); — ׳נ absolute masculine Zephaniah 1:8 +; feminine נָכְרִיָּה Exodus 2:22 +; masculine plural נָכְרִים Isaiah 2:6 2t. + Proverbs 20:16 Kt (> Qr נָכְרִיָּה), + Proverbs 27:13 (so read for ᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה); feminine plural נָכְרִיּוֺת Genesis 31:15 +; —

1. a. foreign: עַם נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 (E) a foreign (non-Israel) people, ׳אִישׁ נ Deuteronomy 17:15 ("" לֹאאָתִיךָ); ׳מַלְבּוּשׁ נ Zephaniah 1:8; אֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה Exodus 2:22 (J) foreign land, so Exodus 18:3 (E); especially נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign (non-Israel) women 1 Kings 11:18; Ezra 10:2,10,11,14,17,18,44; Nehemiah 13:26,27.

b. as substantiveנָכְרִי foreigner (non-Israel) Judges 19:12 (+ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), 1 Kings 8:41 (+ אֲשֶׁר לֹא מֵעַמְּךָ), = 2 Chronicles 6:32 (+ id.), 1 Kings 8:43 2 Chronicles 6:33; Deuteronomy 14:21 ("" גֵּר), Deuteronomy 15:3; Deuteronomy 23:21 (opposed to אָחִיךָ), Deuteronomy 29:21 (+ אֲשֶׁר יָבאֹ מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֺקָה); as predicate, 2 Samuel 15:19 ("" גֹּלֶה), נָכְרִיָּה Ruth 2:10; plural נָכְרִים foreigners Lamentations 5:2 (זָרִים), Obadiah 11 ("" id.); compare יַלְדֵי נָכְרִים Isaiah 2:6; feminine plural alien women Genesis 31:15 (E; i.e. not of one's father's family).

2נָכְרִיָּה foreign woman, as technical term, in Proverbs , for harlot (perhaps because harlots were originally chiefly foreigners): Proverbs 2:16 ("" אִשָּׁה זָרָה), Proverbs 7:5 ("" id.), Proverbs 5:20 ("" זָרָה), Proverbs 6:24 ("" אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע), Proverbs 23:27 ("" זוֺנָה). — On Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 27:13 see below

3 figurative unknown, unfamiliar: נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְּעֵינֵיהֶם Job 19:15 an alien am I become in their eyes; לִבְנֵי אִמִּי׳נ Psalm 69:9 ("" מוּזָר הָיִיתִי לְאֶחָ֑י); ׳אִישׁ נ Ecclesiastes 6:2; of ׳י s judgment, נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתוֺ Isaiah 28:21 strange is his task! ("" זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ); גֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה Jeremiah 2:21 an alien vine (opposed to זֶרַע אֱמֶת), figurative of degenerate Israel; as substantive, נָכְרִים Proverbs 20:16 Kt (> Qr נָכְרִיָּה), alens, persons unknown to him ("" זָר), so read also (for ᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה) "" Proverbs 27:13.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָכְרִי f. נָכְרִיָּה, pl. נָכְרִים, adj. (from נֹכֶר = נֵכְר with the addition of the termination ־ִי).

(1) strange

(a) of another country and people, foreign, e.g. עַם נָכְרִי Exodus 21:8 אִישׁ נָכְרִי a foreigner, Deuteronomy 17:15 אֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה Exodus 2:22.

(b) of another family, אִיש נָכְרִי a stranger, opp. to the son and lawful heir. Ecclesiastes 6:2, fem. נָכְרִיָּה a strange woman, opt. to one’s own wife, especially used with regard to illicit intercourse; hence an adulteress, comp. זָרָה. Proverbs 5:20, 6:24 7:5 23:27.

(2) metaph. new, unheard of, Isaiah 28:21.

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List of Word Forms

הַנָּכְרִ֑י הַנָּכְרִ֔י הַנָּכְרִ֖י הַנָּכְרִ֗י הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ הנכרי הנכריות הנכריות׃ וְ֝נָכְרִ֗י וְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔י וְנָכְרִ֞ים והנכרי ונכרי ונכרים לְנָכְרִ֔י לְנָכְרִֽים׃ לַנָּכְרִ֣י לנכרי לנכרים׃ מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה מנכריה נָ֝כְרִ֗י נָכְר֔וֹ נָכְרִ֔י נָכְרִ֖י נָכְרִ֖ים נָכְרִ֛י נָכְרִ֣י נָכְרִֽי׃ נָכְרִיָּ֖ה נָכְרִיָּ֣ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת נָכְרִיּ֖וֹת נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת נָכְרִיָּ֣ה נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ נָכְרִיּוֹת֙ נכרו נכרי נכרי׃ נכריה נכריה׃ נכריות נכריות׃ נכרים han·nā·ḵə·rî han·nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ hannacheRi hannacheriYot hannāḵərî hannāḵərîyōwṯ lan·nā·ḵə·rî lannacheRi lannāḵərî lə·nā·ḵə·rî lə·nā·ḵə·rîm lenacheRi lenacheRim lənāḵərî lənāḵərîm min·nā·ḵə·rî·yāh minnacheriYah minnāḵərîyāh nā·ḵə·rî nā·ḵə·rî·yāh nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ nā·ḵə·rîm nā·ḵə·rōw nacheRi nacheRim nacheriYah nacheriYot nacheRo nāḵərî nāḵərîm nāḵərîyāh nāḵərîyōwṯ nāḵərōw veHannacheRi venacheRi venacheRim wə·han·nā·ḵə·rî wə·nā·ḵə·rî wə·nā·ḵə·rîm wəhannāḵərî wənāḵərî wənāḵərîm