5236. nekar

Strong's Lexicon

nekar: Foreign, alien, stranger

Original Word: נֵכָר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: nekar
Pronunciation: nay-KAR
Phonetic Spelling: (nay-kawr')
Definition: Foreign, alien, stranger
Meaning: foreign, a foreigner, heathendom

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as neker
Definition
that which is foreign, foreignness
NASB Translation
aliens* (2), foreign (16), foreigner* (6), foreigners* (10), strange (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

1 אֱלֹהֵי (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; 2Chronicles 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.

2 בֶּןֿ(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 הַנּ2Chron 14:2 foreign altars; ׳אַדְמַת נ Psalm 137:4 foreign soil; ׳מִכָּלנֿ Nehemiah 13:30 from everything foreign.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

alien, strange

From nakar; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom -- alien, strange (+ -er).

see HEBREW nakar

Forms and Transliterations

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-

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 17:12
HEB: מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־ נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א
INT: any old alien who is not

Genesis 17:27
HEB: מֵאֵ֣ת בֶּן־ נֵכָ֑ר נִמֹּ֖לוּ אִתּֽוֹ׃
INT: money afflicted alien were circumcised for

Genesis 35:2
HEB: אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם
NAS: were with him, Put away the foreign gods
KJV: and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods
INT: Put gods the foreign which are among

Genesis 35:4
HEB: כָּל־ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָדָ֔ם
NAS: to Jacob all the foreign gods which
KJV: unto Jacob all the strange gods
INT: all gods the foreign which had

Exodus 12:43
HEB: כָּל־ בֶּן־ נֵכָ֖ר לֹא־ יֹ֥אכַל
INT: all manner afflicted alien not eat

Leviticus 22:25
HEB: וּמִיַּ֣ד בֶּן־ נֵכָ֗ר לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֛יבוּ
KJV: Neither from a stranger's hand
INT: the hand afflicted A stranger's nor accept

Deuteronomy 31:16
HEB: אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י נֵֽכַר־ הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: and play the harlot with the strange gods
KJV: the gods of the strangers of the land,
INT: after gods the strange of the land of which

Deuteronomy 32:12
HEB: עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃
NAS: him, And there was no foreign god
KJV: did lead him, and [there was] no strange god
INT: with god foreign

Joshua 24:20
HEB: וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם אֱלֹהֵ֣י נֵכָ֑ר וְשָׁ֨ב וְהֵרַ֤ע
NAS: and serve foreign gods,
KJV: and serve strange gods,
INT: and serve gods foreign will turn and do

Joshua 24:23
HEB: אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַנֵּכָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם
NAS: therefore, put away the foreign gods
KJV: Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods
INT: put gods the foreign which your midst

Judges 10:16
HEB: אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ
NAS: So they put away the foreign gods
KJV: And they put away the strange gods
INT: put gods the foreign among and served

1 Samuel 7:3
HEB: אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֧י הַנֵּכָ֛ר מִתּוֹכְכֶ֖ם וְהָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת
NAS: remove the foreign gods
KJV: [then] put away the strange gods
INT: remove gods the foreign among and the Ashtaroth

2 Samuel 22:45
HEB: בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ לִ֑י
INT: afflicted alien pretend obey

2 Samuel 22:46
HEB: בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ
INT: afflicted alien lose and come

2 Chronicles 14:3
HEB: אֶת־ מִזְבְּח֥וֹת הַנֵּכָ֖ר וְהַבָּמ֑וֹת וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙
NAS: for he removed the foreign altars
KJV: the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places,
INT: removed altars the foreign and high tore

2 Chronicles 33:15
HEB: אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֨י הַנֵּכָ֤ר וְאֶת־ הַסֶּ֙מֶל֙
NAS: He also removed the foreign gods
KJV: And he took away the strange gods,
INT: removed gods the foreign and the idol the house

Nehemiah 9:2
HEB: מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָ֑ר וַיַּעַמְד֗וּ וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙
INT: all afflicted alien and stood and confessed

Nehemiah 13:30
HEB: וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים מִכָּל־ נֵכָ֑ר וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת
NAS: them from everything foreign and appointed
KJV: Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed
INT: purified everything foreign and appointed duties

Psalm 18:44
HEB: לִ֑י בְּנֵֽי־ נֵ֝כָ֗ר יְכַחֲשׁוּ־ לִֽי׃
INT: obey afflicted alien submit

Psalm 18:45
HEB: בְּנֵי־ נֵכָ֥ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּ
INT: afflicted alien fade and come

Psalm 81:9
HEB: תִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לְאֵ֣ל נֵכָֽר׃
NAS: shall you worship any foreign god.
KJV: be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
INT: worship god foreign

Psalm 137:4
HEB: עַ֝֗ל אַדְמַ֥ת נֵכָֽר׃
NAS: the LORD'S song In a foreign land?
KJV: the LORD'S song in a strange land?
INT: and land A foreign

Psalm 144:7
HEB: מִ֝יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר׃
KJV: from the hand of strange children;
INT: of the hand children of strange

Psalm 144:11
HEB: מִיַּ֪ד בְּֽנֵי־ נֵ֫כָ֥ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם
KJV: me from the hand of strange children,
INT: of the hand children of strange Whose mouth

Isaiah 56:3
HEB: יֹאמַ֣ר בֶּן־ הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוָ֤ה אֶל־
KJV: Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined
INT: say the son of the stranger has joined to

36 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5236
36 Occurrences

han·nê·ḵār — 9 Occ.
nê·ḵār — 27 Occ.