נֶכֶרneker
misfortune, calamity (Job 31:3; Obadiah 1:12)
Pronunciation: neh'-ker · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5235
Same root
- נָכַרnâkar · H5234properly, 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)
- נׇכְרִיnokrîy · H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Job 31:3 Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?
- Obadiah 1:12 “You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune. You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).