What does נֵכָר · ἀλλότριος mean in the Bible?
נֵכָר · ἀλλότριος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "foreigner or stranger".
Hebrew · H5236, G245
נָכְרִי
Foreign , or (concretely) a foreigner , or (abstractly) heathendom · another’s
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נֵכָר H5236 foreign , or (concretely) a foreigner , or (abstractly) heathendom
Pronunciation nēkār
Marks the outsider to covenant community; carries religious otherness beyond mere geography or ethnicity
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ἀλλότριος G245 another’s
Pronunciation allótrios
Denotes what belongs to another person or is foreign/alien, emphasizing outsider status or estrangement.
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What does נָכְרִי (nokri) mean in the Bible?
נֵכָר · ἀλλότριος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "foreigner or stranger".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5236, G245?
H5236, G245 is connected to 36 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. foreigner or stranger
Strong's H5236, G245
Lexical occurrences 36 verses Source Gloss
foreigner or stranger
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נָכְרִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain