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HebrewH5236Noun (Masculine)

נֵכָר

ne.khar

31Occurrences
H5236Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

' from H5234 (נָכַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign 1a) foreignness, foreign gods 1b) alien, foreigner 1c) foreign (vanities)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נֵכָר appears 31 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
5
Genesis
4
Psalms
3
2 Samuel
2
Deuteronomy
2
Ezk
2
Jeremiah
2
Joshua
2

Key Passages

1 Samuel 7:3BSB

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Deuteronomy 32:12BSB

The LORD alone led him,and no foreign god was with him.

Genesis 35:2BSB

So 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.

Isaiah 62:8BSB

The LORD has sworn by His right handand by His mighty arm:“Never again will I give your grainto your enemies for food,nor will foreigners drink the new winefor which you have toiled.

Leviticus 22:25BSB

Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.