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Strong's H5237 נׇכְרִי (nokri)

Nokri means “strange” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5237 — hypereido (“wink at”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5237
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 46
Books 19

Strong's H5237 Quick Answer

Strong's H5237 נָכרִי (nokriy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nokriy (nok-ree') adj. 1. strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) [from H5235 (second form)] It has 46 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include strange. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nokriy (nok-ree') adj. 1. strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) [from H5235 (second form)]
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
strange

Meaning and Definition

nokriy (nok-ree') adj. 1. strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) [from H5235 (second form)] KJV: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman). Root(s): H5235

Original Word
נָכרִי
Transliteration
nokriy
Derivation
First root strongs: 5235
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5237. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5237 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nokriy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

strange Exodus 2:22 23×

How Strong's H5237 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 46 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5237 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5237 in the Old Testament

46 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:15 KJV

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Exodus 2:22 KJV

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Exodus 18:3 KJV

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:

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5237.

Genesis 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Exodus 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Exodus 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Deuteronomy 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not eat of anything 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.
Deuteronomy 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Deuteronomy 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Deuteronomy 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Deuteronomy 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Judges 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ruth 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
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?
2 Samuel 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 8:41 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
1 Kings 8:43 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
1 Kings 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
2 Chronicles 6:32 Old Testament, KJV
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;
2 Chronicles 6:33 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
Ezra 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 10:44 Old Testament, KJV
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Nehemiah 13:26 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Nehemiah 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Job 19:15 Old Testament, KJV
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Psalms 69:8 Old Testament, KJV
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Proverbs 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Proverbs 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 27:2 Old Testament, KJV
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Lamentations 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Obadiah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Obadiah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
But 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.
Zephaniah 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5237, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 7 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Obadiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5237 FAQ

What does nokri (נׇכְרִי) mean?

Nokri (Strong's H5237) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "strange". nokriy (nok-ree') adj. 1. strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) [from H5235 (second form)]

How many times is nokri (נׇכְרִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's H5237 across 19 books.

Where can I study nokri (נׇכְרִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5237 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nokri (נׇכְרִי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strange. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.