Nekher נֶ֫כֶר
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| נֶ֫כֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nekher |
| Strong's number | H5235 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | misfortune |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Nekher (Hebrew נֶ֫כֶר, Strong's H5235) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “misfortune”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
calamity, disaster, misfortune
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | strange (1), stranger (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | calamity (1), misfortune (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nekher, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 31:3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
Obadiah
- Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).