Occurrences
Nêkâr occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (6), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Malachi (1)
- 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 with money of any stranger (נֵכָ֔ר), which is not of thy seed.
- Genesis 17:27 — And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger (נֵכָ֑ר), were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange (הַנֵּכָר֙) gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
- Genesis 35:4 — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange (הַנֵּכָר֙) gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
- Exodus 12:43 — And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger (נֵכָ֖ר) eat thereof:
- Leviticus 22:25 — Neither from a stranger’s hand (נֵכָ֗ר) shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
- 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 the strangers (נֵֽכַר) of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 32:12 — So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange (נֵכָֽר) god with him.
- Joshua 24:20 — If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange (נֵכָ֑ר) gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
- Joshua 24:23 — Now therefore put away, said he, the strange (הַנֵּכָ֖ר) gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
- Judges 10:16 — And they put away the strange (הַנֵּכָר֙) gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- 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 (הַנֵּכָ֛ר) gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 22:45 — Strangers (נֵכָ֖ר) shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
- 2 Samuel 22:46 — Strangers (נֵכָ֖ר) shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange (הַנֵּכָ֖ר) gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
- 2 Chronicles 33:15 — And he took away the strange (הַנֵּכָ֤ר) gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
- Nehemiah 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers (נֵכָ֑ר), and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Nehemiah 13:30 — Thus cleansed I them from all strangers (נֵכָ֑ר), and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
- Psalms 18:44 — As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers (נֵ֝כָ֗ר) shall submit themselves unto me.
- Psalms 18:45 — The strangers (נֵכָ֥ר) shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- Psalms 81:9 — There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange (נֵכָֽר) god.
- Psalms 137:4 — How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange (נֵכָֽר) land?
- Psalms 144:7 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange (נֵכָֽר) children;
- Psalms 144:11 — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange (נֵ֫כָ֥ר) children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
- Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger (הַנֵּכָ֗ר), that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- Isaiah 56:6 — Also the sons of the stranger (הַנֵּכָ֗ר), that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
- Isaiah 60:10 — And the sons of strangers (נֵכָר֙) shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
- Isaiah 61:5 — And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien (נֵכָ֔ר) shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
- 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; and the sons of the stranger (נֵכָר֙) shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
- 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 as ye have forsaken me, and served strange (נֵכָר֙) gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
- 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 king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange (נֵכָֽר) vanities?
- Ezekiel 44:7 — In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers (נֵכָ֗ר), uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 44:9 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger (נֵכָ֗ר), uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
- 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 (נֵכָ֔ר) that is among the children of Israel.
- Daniel 11:39 — Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange (נֵכָ֔ר) god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
- 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 LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange (נֵכָֽר) god.