Strong's Hebrew · H249

אֶזְרָח

ʼezrâch · ez-rawkh'

bay tree, (home-) born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).

Definition

a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)

Derivation

from H2224 (זָרַח) (in the sense of springing up);

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Leviticus 17:15

And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

Leviticus 24:16

Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

Exodus 12:19

For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

Leviticus 24:22

You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

Leviticus 23:42

You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

Exodus 12:49

The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

Leviticus 18:26

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

Leviticus 16:29

This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

Leviticus 19:34

You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 12:48

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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