Lexical Definition

‎נֵכָר‎ nêkâr (nay-kawr') foreign ^H:N-M
' from ‎נָכַר‎

alien, strange ([phrase] -er).

• foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign
1a) foreignness, foreign gods
1b) alien, foreigner
1c) foreign (vanities)

See Greek: ἀλλογενής · ἀλλότριος · ἕτερος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֵכָר‎ noun [masculine] that which is foreign, foreignness **(properly unknown, compare Arabic √) (on formation compare Lag^{BN 51, 154}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Judg 10:16 +, construct ‎נֵכַרֿ‎ Deut 31:16 — foreignness (of another family, tribe, or nation), especially

1. ‎אֱלֹהֵי‎ ‎(הַ)נֵּכָר‎ = foreign gods Gen 35:2; Gen 35:4; Josh 24:20; Josh 24:23 (all E, = ‎אֲחֵרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ of D, compare ‎אַחֵר‎), Judg 10:16; 1Sam 7:3; Jer 5:19; 2Chr 33:5 ‎נֵכַרהָֿאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Deut 31:16 = foreign gods of the land; singular ‎אֵל נֵכָר‎ Deut 32:12; Mal 2:11; Ps 81:10* ‎׳‎‎אֱלוֺהַּ נ‎ Dan 11:39.

2. ‎בֶּןֿ(הַ)נֵּכָר‎ = foreigner Gen 17:12 (|| ‎לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ‎), vGen 17:27; Exod 12:43 (all P), Lev 22:25 (H), Ezek 44:9 (twice in verse); Neh 9:2; Isa 56:3 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי (ה)נ‎ 2Sam 22:45; 2Sam 22:46 = Ps 18:45*; Ps 18:46*; Ezek 44:7; Isa 56:6; Isa 60:10; Isa 61:5; Isa 62:8; Ps 144:7; Ps 144:11.

3. other combinations: ‎׳‎‎הַבְלֵי נ‎ Jer 8:19 foreign vanities (idolatries); ‎׳‎‎מִזְבְּחוֺת הַנּ‎ 2Chr 14:2* foreign altars; ‎׳‎‎אַדְמַת נ‎ Ps 137:4 foreign soil; ‎׳‎‎מִכָּלנֿ‎ Neh 13:30 from everything foreign.

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