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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5236 - נֵכָר

Transliteration

nêkâr

Phonetics

nay-kawr'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H5234)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1368b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign

1a) foreignness, foreign gods

1b) alien, foreigner

1c) foreign (vanities)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 241 ‑ ἀλλογενής (al‑log‑en‑ace'); 245 ‑ ἀλλότριος (al‑lot'‑ree‑os); 2087 ‑ ἕτερος (het'‑er‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (35)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

NAS (17)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 2

Jeremiah 2

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

HCS (36)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

BSB (38)

Genesis 6

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 2

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 3

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

ESV (17)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

WEB (25)

Genesis 2

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 2

Daniel 1

Malachi 1

KJV (35)

Strangers 2

alien 1

strange 17

stranger 7

stranger's 1

strangers 7

NAS (17)

foreign 16

strange 1

HCS (36)

* 19

a foreign 1

foreign 10

from a foreign 1

of a foreign 1

pagan 1

the foreign 1

the help of a foreign 1

their worthless foreign 1

BSB (38)

* 13

a foreign 1

foreign 5

foreigner 2

of a foreign 1

the foreign 7

the help of a foreign 1

to a foreign 1

with their worthless foreign 1

ESV (17)

foreign 16

foreigner 1

WEB (25)

* 1

Foreigners 1

all the foreign 1

and foreigners 2

and with foreign 1

any foreign 1

by the help of a foreign 1

foreign 2

foreigner 1

foreigners 1

in a foreign 1

of 2

of a foreign 1

of a foreigner 1

the foreign 6

the strange 1

them from all foreigners 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

נֵכָר noun [masculine] that which is foreign, foreignness **(properly unknown, compare Arabic √) (on formation compare Lag^{BN 51,154}); — absolute ׳נ Judges 10:16 +, construct נֵכַרֿ Deuteronomy 31:16; — foreignness (of another family, tribe, or nation), especially

1אֱלֹהֵי (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.

2בֶּןֿ(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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נֵכָר const. נֵכַר Deuteronomy 31:16, something strange

(a) a strange or foreign country. Hence בֶּן־נֵכָר, pl. בְּנֵי נֵכָר a stranger, strangers, Genesis 17:12, 27 Genesis 17:27; Exodus 12:43 sometimes with the additional notion of hostility, Psalms 18:45, 46 Psalms 18:46. אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר strange gods, Genesis 35:2; Jeremiah 5:19.

(b) a strange or unknown thing, specially used of a strange god, Nehemiah 13:30; 2 Chronicles 14:2.

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List of Word Forms

הַנֵּכָ֖ר הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנֵּכָ֛ר הַנֵּכָ֤ר הַנֵּכָר֙ הנכר נֵ֝כָ֗ר נֵ֫כָ֥ר נֵֽכַר־ נֵכָ֑ר נֵכָ֔ר נֵכָ֖ר נֵכָ֗ר נֵכָ֥ר נֵכָֽר׃ נֵכָר֙ נכר נכר־ נכר׃ han·nê·ḵār hanneChar hannêḵār nê·ḵār nê·ḵar- neChar nêḵār nêḵar-