Zar (זר) means alien in Hebrew.
It can also mean foreign. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
alien, foreign
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Zar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שבא מן החוץ, חיצוני.
לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר.
- 2שונה מן הנהוג במקום.
כִּי כְהַר-פְּרָצִים יָקוּם יְהוָה, כְּעֵמֶק בְּגִבְעוֹן יִרְגָּז--לַעֲשׂוֹת מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, וְלַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָתוֹ, נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתוֹ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Zar is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- זָר
- Written without vowel points
- זר
- Said
- zar
- Root
- ז־ו־ר
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- זָרִים
- Inflections
- ר' זָרִים
- Gematria
- 207
This is how Zar is said in other languages.
- English
- alien, foreign
- Arabic
- غريب, أَجْنَبِيّ
- Russian
- чужой
- Spanish
- estranjero/extraño
- German
- Fremd
These words mean nearly the same as Zar.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Zar.
The word Zar is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Zar comes from the root ז־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Zar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Zar.
What does Zar (זר) mean in Hebrew?
Zar (זר) means alien and foreign. It is said zar, with the stress on zar.
What is a synonym for Zar (זר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Zar (זר) are מוזר, משונה, and נוכרי.
What rhymes with Zar (זר)?
Words that rhyme with Zar (זר) include דבר, בשר, מספר, איבר, ישר, and זכר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry זר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.