# נֵכָר (nekhar) Israeli respelling: ne-khar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5236. 35 Old Testament occurrences. foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom King James renderings: alien, strange ([phrase] -er). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nekhar-h5236 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/17/12) — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought… - [Genesis 17:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/17/27) — And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. - [Genesis 35:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/2) — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change y… - [Genesis 35:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/4) — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them… - [Exodus 12:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/12/43) — And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: - [Leviticus 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/22/25) — Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be… - [Deuteronomy 31:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/31/16) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of t… - [Deuteronomy 32:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/12) — So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. - [Joshua 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/24/20) — If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. - [Joshua 24:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/24/23) — Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. - [Judges 10:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/16) — And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. - [1 Samuel 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/7/3) — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods a… - [2 Samuel 22:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/45) — Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. - [2 Samuel 22:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/46) — Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. - [2 Chronicles 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/3) — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: - [2 Chronicles 33:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/15) — And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the hous… - [Nehemiah 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/2) — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. - [Nehemiah 13:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/30) — Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; - [Psalms 18:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/44) — As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. - [Psalms 18:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/45) — The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. - [Psalms 81:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/81/9) — There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. - [Psalms 137:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/137/4) — How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land? - [Psalms 144:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/144/7) — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; - [Psalms 144:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/144/11) — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: - [Isaiah 56:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/3) — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his peopl… - [Isaiah 56:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/6) — Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every… - [Isaiah 60:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/10) — And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favou… - [Isaiah 61:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/5) — And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. - [Isaiah 62:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/8) — The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; an… - [Jeremiah 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/19) — And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like… - [Jeremiah 8:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/19) — Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her k… - [Ezekiel 44:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/44/7) — In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute… - [Ezekiel 44:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/44/9) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger th… - [Daniel 11:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/39) — Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to… - [Malachi 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/11) — Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LOR…