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נׇכְרִי H5237

H5237 is the Hebrew word נׇכְרִי, transliterated nokrîy and said nok-ree'. The King James Version most often renders it strange.

Word: נׇכְרִיTransliteration: nokrîySaid: nok-ree'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 37 verses

What it means

strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful).

Where it comes from

from H5235 (נֶכֶר) (second form).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

strange 16×stranger 7×alien 3×strangers 1×foreigner 1×you and the stranger 1×art a stranger 1×moreover concerning a stranger 1×moreover concerning the stranger 1×outlandish 1×even from the stranger 1×strange woman 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Verses using נׇכְרִי

All 37 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 31:15 · KJV

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Exodus 2:22 · KJV

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Exodus 18:3 · KJV

And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

Exodus 21:8 · KJV

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Deuteronomy 14:21 · KJV

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 15:3 · KJV

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

Deuteronomy 17:15 · KJV

Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

Deuteronomy 23:20 · KJV

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 29:22 · KJV

So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

Judges 19:12 · KJV

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

2 Samuel 15:19 · KJV

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

1 Kings 8:41 · KJV

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

1 Kings 8:43 · KJV

Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

1 Kings 11:1 · KJV

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

1 Kings 11:8 · KJV

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

2 Chronicles 6:32 · KJV

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

2 Chronicles 6:33 · KJV

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

Ezra 10:2 · KJV

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:10 · KJV

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Ezra 10:11 · KJV

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Ezra 10:14 · KJV

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

Ezra 10:17 · KJV

And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

Ezra 10:18 · KJV

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 10:44 · KJV

All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

Nehemiah 13:26 · KJV

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Nehemiah 13:27 · KJV

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Job 19:15 · KJV

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

Psalm 69:8 · KJV

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

Proverbs 2:16 · KJV

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 7:5 · KJV

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 23:27 · KJV

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Proverbs 27:2 · KJV

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Ecclesiastes 6:2 · KJV

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Isaiah 28:21 · KJV

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Jeremiah 2:21 · KJV

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Obadiah 1:11 · KJV

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Zephaniah 1:8 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5237 mean?

H5237 is the Hebrew word נׇכְרִי (nokrîy), meaning strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful).

How is H5237 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it strange (16 times), stranger (7 times), alien (3 times), strangers (1 time), foreigner (1 time), among others.

How many times does H5237 appear in the Bible?

נׇכְרִי (nokrîy) is tagged in 37 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5237 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5235 (נֶכֶר) (second form).

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