Nokhri נׇכְרִי

Nokhri (Hebrew נׇכְרִי, Strong's H5237) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “foreign”. It occurs 45 times in 45 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Foreigners

Verses

Every verse with Nokhri, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 31:15
  Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

Exodus

• Exodus 2:22
  And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
• Exodus 18:3
  And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
• Exodus 21:8
  If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 14:21
  Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Deuteronomy 15:3
  Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
• Deuteronomy 17:15
  Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
• Deuteronomy 23:20
  Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
• Deuteronomy 29:22
  So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

Judges

• Judges 19:12
  And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

Ruth

• Ruth 2:10
  Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 15:19
  Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 8:41
  Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
• 1 Kings 8:43
  Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
• 1 Kings 11:1
  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
• 1 Kings 11:8
  And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 6:32
  Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
• 2 Chronicles 6:33
  Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

Ezra

• Ezra 10:2
  And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
• Ezra 10:10
  And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
• Ezra 10:11
  Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
• Ezra 10:14
  Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
• Ezra 10:17
  And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
• Ezra 10:18
  And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:
• Ezra 10:44
  All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 13:26
  Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
• Nehemiah 13:27
  Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Job

• Job 19:15
  They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

Psalms

• Psalm 69:8
  I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:16
  To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Proverbs 5:10
  Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
• Proverbs 5:20
  And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
• Proverbs 6:24
  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 7:5
  That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
• Proverbs 20:16
  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Proverbs 23:27
  For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
• Proverbs 27:2
  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
• Proverbs 27:13
  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 6:2
  A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:6
  Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
• Isaiah 28:21
  For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:21
  Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Lamentations

• Lamentations 5:2
  Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

Obadiah

• Obadiah 1:11
  In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:8
  And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).