# H5236 נֵכָר

נֵכָר (nêkâr), Strong’s H5236: foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom KJV: alien, strange ([phrase] -er).. Occurs 36 times.

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*nêkâr* — foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

KJV: alien, strange ([phrase] -er).

Derived from [נָכַר nâkar](https://besorah.bible/word/H5234) (to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at)

Occurs 36 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נֵכָר n.[m.] that which is foreign, foreignness

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 17:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=12) — He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the…
- [Genesis 17:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=27) — All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with…
- [Genesis 35:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=2) — Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify…
- [Genesis 35:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=4) — They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob…
- [Exodus 12:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=43) — The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it,
- [Leviticus 22:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/22?v=25) — You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in…
- [Deuteronomy 31:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/31?v=16) — The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute…
- [Deuteronomy 32:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=12) — The LORD alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.
- [Joshua 24:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/24?v=20) — If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done…
- [Joshua 24:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/24?v=23) — “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”