נׇכְרִי
nokrî
foreign
Strong's H5237AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1368c

נׇכְרִי (nokrî) is a Hebrew adjective meaning foreign. It appears 46 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5237).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1368c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1368c)foreign, alien; strange, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful; foreigner, outlandish, stranger
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָכְרִי adjective: foreign, alien

Strong's H5237 נׇכְרִי: strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
KJV:alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1368: נָכַר nākar — regard, recognize; they are not recognized; he regardeth not the opulent above the poor; observe, Be willing to recognize, acknowledge, Be acquianted with, Distinguish, understand; scrutinize, recognition, be acquainted with…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 2:22Deuteronomy 14:21Judges 19:12

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