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נֵכָר
nêkâr · Hebrew · Strong's H5236 · 36 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “alien”
What it means
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
' from H5234 (נָכַר);
How the KJV renders it
alien
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
36 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 35 verses shown.
1 Samuel 7:3 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 14:3 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 33:15 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 22:45 HNcmsa2 Samuel 22:46 HNcmsaDaniel 11:39 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 31:16 HNcmscDeuteronomy 32:12 HNcmsaExodus 12:43 HNcmsaEzekiel 44:7 HNcmsaEzekiel 44:9 HNcmsaGenesis 17:12 HNcmsaGenesis 17:27 HNcmsaGenesis 35:2 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 35:4 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 56:3 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 56:6 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 60:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 61:5 HNcmsaIsaiah 62:8 HNcmsaJudges 10:16 HTd/NcmsaJeremiah 5:19 HNcmsaJeremiah 8:19 HNcmsaJoshua 24:20 HNcmsaJoshua 24:23 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 22:25 HNcmsaMalachi 2:11 HNcmsaNehemiah 9:2 HNcmsaNehemiah 13:30 HNcmsaPsalm 18:44 HNcmsaPsalm 18:45 HNcmsaPsalm 81:9 HNcmsaPsalm 137:4 HNcmsaPsalm 144:7 HNcmsaPsalm 144:11 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.