TBESH · H5236
נֵכָר · ne.khar · foreign
1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign 1a) foreignness, foreign gods 1b) alien, foreigner 1c) foreign (vanities)
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נֵכָר (ne.khar) means “foreign” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: nay-kawr' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
נֵכָר · ne.khar · foreign
1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign 1a) foreignness, foreign gods 1b) alien, foreigner 1c) foreign (vanities)
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' from H5234 (נָכַר); foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
KJV glosses: alien, strange ([phrase] -er).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the foreign | 7 |
| foreign | 5 |
| a foreign | 1 |
| foreigner | 1 |
| of a foreign | 1 |
| of foreigners | 1 |
| the help of a foreign | 1 |
| to a foreign | 1 |
| with their worthless foreign | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the strange | 5 |
| of the stranger | 4 |
| strangers | 3 |
| of strange | 2 |
| strange | 2 |
| all the strange | 1 |
| any strange | 1 |
| i them from all strangers | 1 |
| in a strange | 1 |
| me the strangers | 1 |
| neither from a strangers | 1 |
| no strange | 1 |
| no stranger | 1 |
| of a strange | 1 |
| of any stranger | 1 |
| of strangers | 1 |
| of the alien | 1 |
| of the strange | 1 |
| of the strangers | 1 |
| the strangers | 1 |
| themselves from all strangers | 1 |
| there shall no stranger | 1 |
| with a strange | 1 |
| with strange | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 35 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
Read word by wordAnd all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordSo they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
Read word by wordNeither 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.’”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Read word by wordThe LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.
Read word by wordIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
Read word by word“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Read word by wordSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away 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.”
Read word by wordForeigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
Read word by wordForeigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
Read word by wordHe removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.2
He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
Read word by wordThose of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Read word by wordThus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
Read word by wordWhen they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.45
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.46
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 81.10
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
Read word by wordReach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Read word by wordSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Read word by wordLet no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
Read word by wordAnd the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
Read word by wordForeigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
Read word by wordStrangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Read word by wordThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Read word by wordAnd when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Read word by wordListen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Read word by wordIn addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
Read word by wordHe will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
Read word by wordJudah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
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