Definition

strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

Etymology

from H5235 (נֶכֶר) (second form);

Word family

• נֶכֶר neker

How the KJV renders it

• alien
• foreigner
• outlandish
• strange(-r
• woman)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.