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H5237 נׇכְרִי (nokrîy) nok-ree'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

KJV Usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) — foreign. 1) foreign, alien 1a) foreign 1b) foreigner (subst) 1c) foreign woman, harlot 1d) unknown, unfamiliar (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · נכר

Different

foreign, strange = state in which something or someone is identified as different or strange from one's own perspective

EXO 2:22 · EXO 18:3 · EXO 21:8 · JDG 19:12 · PRO 27:2 · ECC 6:2 · ISA 28:21

Bad

wild literally: foreign; hence: = state in which a plant has not been cultivated but grows of itself; ≈ associated with inferior quality

JER 2:21

Classes

foreigner = person who comes from a foreign country and therefore has a different status from those who are native-born

GEN 31:15 · DEU 14:21 · DEU 15:3 · DEU 17:15 · DEU 23:21 · DEU 29:21 · RUT 2:10 · 2SA 15:19 · 1KI 8:41 · 1KI 8:43 · 1KI 11:1 · 1KI 11:8 · 2CH 6:32 · 2CH 6:33 · EZR 10:2 · EZR 10:10 · EZR 10:11 · EZR 10:14 · EZR 10:17 · EZR 10:18 · EZR 10:44 · NEH 13:26 · NEH 13:27 · JOB 19:15 · PSA 69:9 · PRO 5:10 · PRO 20:16 · PRO 27:13 · ISA 2:6 · LAM 5:2 · OBA 1:11 · ZEP 1:8

Prostitutes

adulteress literally: foreign woman; = a woman who is the wife of someone else

PRO 2:16 · PRO 5:20 · PRO 6:24 · PRO 7:5 · PRO 23:27

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָכְרִי adj. foreign, alien base

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