Etymology?:
from nāxar נָכַר ‘to recognize / to alienate’
Roots:
נכר
nēxār n, m
1) foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign
1a) foreignness, foreign gods
1b) alien, foreigner
1c) foreign (vanities)
Mentioned in Genesis 35:4, 17:27, 35:2, 17:12 Exodus 12:43 Codex Leviticus 22:25 Deuteronomy 31:16, 32:12 Joshua 24:20, 24:23 Judges 10:16 1 Samuel 7:3 2 Samuel 22:45, 22:46 Isaiah 56:6, 62:8, 61:5, 56:3, 60:10 Jeremiah 8:19, 5:19 Ezekiel 44:9, 44:7 Malachi 2:11 Psalms 137:4, 18:45, 81:10, 144:11, 18:46, 144:7 Daniel 11:39 Nehemiah 9:2, 13:30 2 Chronicles 33:15, 14:2