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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Strange

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

76exact KJV occurrences 65Old Testament 11New Testament 28books containing the word 14mapped Strong's IDs 63occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where strange appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2114
זוּר

zûwr · zoor

15 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences

v

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

Strong's KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).

Strong's first: Exodus 30:9Strong's last: Hosea 5:7

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HebrewH1970
הָכַר

hâkar · haw-kar'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

to injure

Strong's KJV usage: make self strange.

Strong's first: Job 19:3Strong's last: Job 19:3

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HebrewH5234
נָכַר

nâkar · naw-kar'

1 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)

Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, × could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).

Strong's first: Genesis 42:7Strong's last: Genesis 42:7

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HebrewH5235
נֶכֶר

neker · neh'-ker

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

something strange, i.e. unexpected calamity

Strong's KJV usage: strange.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 31:3Strong's last: Job 31:3

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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76 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 35:2
H5236

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

Genesis 35:4
H5236

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Genesis 42:7
H5234

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Exodus 2:22
H5237

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
H5237

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
H5237

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.

Exodus 30:9
H2114

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

Leviticus 10:1
H2114

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Numbers 3:4
H2114

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Numbers 26:61
H2114

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:16
H2114

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

Joshua 24:20
H5236

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Joshua 24:23
H5236

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

Judges 10:16
H5236

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Judges 11:2
H312

And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

1 Samuel 7:3
H5236

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Kings 11:1
H5237

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
H5237

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

2 Kings 19:24
H2114

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

2 Chronicles 14:3
H5236

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

2 Chronicles 33:15
H5236

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Ezra 10:2
H5237

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
H5237

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
H5237

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

strange

STRANGE, adjective [Latin]

1. Foreign; belonging to anther country.

I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. [This sense is nearly obsolete.]

2. Not domestic; belonging to others.

So she impatient her own faults to see, turns from herself, and in strange things delights. [Nearly obsolete.]

3. New; not before known, heard or seen. The former custom was familiar; the latter was new and strange to them. Hence,

4. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity. It is strange that men will not receive improvement, when it is shown to be improvement.

Sated at length, ere long I might perceive strange alteration in me.

5. Odd; unusual; irregular; not according to the common way.

He's strange and peevish.

6. Remote. [Little used.]

7. Uncommon; unusual.

This made David to admire the law of god at that strange rate.

8. Unacquainted.

They were now at a gage, looking strange at one another.

9. strange is sometimes uttered by way of exclamation.

STRANGE! What extremes should thus preserve the snow, high on the Alps, or in deep caves below.

This is an elliptical expression for it is strange

STRANGE, verb transitive To alienate; to estrange. [Not in use.]

STRANGE, verb intransitive

1. To wonder; to be astonished. [Not in use.]

2. To be estranged or alienated. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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