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Lexicon :: Strong's H5234 - nāḵar

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נָכַר
Transliteration
nāḵar
Pronunciation
naw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1368

Strong’s Definitions

נָכַר nâkar, naw-kar'; a primitive root; 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):—acknowledge, × could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's H5234 in the following manner: know (16x), acknowledge (7x), discern (6x), respect (4x), knowledge (2x), known (2x), feign to another (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's H5234 in the following manner: know (16x), acknowledge (7x), discern (6x), respect (4x), knowledge (2x), known (2x), feign to another (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

  1. to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard

    1. (Niphal) to be recognised

    2. (Piel) to regard

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to regard, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, notice

      2. to recognise (as formerly known), perceive

      3. to be willing to recognise or acknowledge, acknowledge with honour

      4. to be acquainted with

      5. to distinguish, understand

    4. (Hithpael) to make oneself known

  2. to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue

    1. (Niphal) to disguise oneself

    2. (Piel)

      1. to treat as foreign (profane)

      2. to misconstrue

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to act as alien

      2. to disguise oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָכַר nâkar, naw-kar'; a primitive root; 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):—acknowledge, × could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
STRONGS H5234: Abbreviations
† I. [נָכַר] verb (not Qal) regard, recognize (Late Hebrew Hiph. know, be acquainted with; Targum Aph`el id.; Syriac Aph`el bdb064801 id.; compare also Arabic bdb064802 in sense be shrewd, cunning); **Arabic bdb112503 be shrewd, apparently rare, compare bdb112504 cunning Lane2850a. —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural לֹא נִכְּרוּ Lamentations 4:8 they are not recognized.
Pi. Perfect לֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑ל Job 34:19 he regardeth not the opulent above the poor (|| שָׂרִים פְּנֵי לֹא־נָשָׂא); Imperfect לֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּ Job 21:29 do ye not recognize their tokens.
Hiph. Perfect הִכִּיר Deuteronomy 33:9; Daniel 11:39 Kt; suffix הִכִּירוֺ Genesis 27:23; 3rd person plural הִכִּירוּ Judges 18:3 + 2 times, suffix הִכִּירֻהוּ Job 2:12, הִכִּרֻהוּ Genesis 42:8; Imperfect יַכִּיר Deuteronomy 21:17 + 3 times + Daniel 11:39 Qr; וַיַּכֵּר Genesis 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ 1 Kings 18:7, יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּ Job 7:10, וַיַּכִּירָהּ Genesis 37:33, etc.; Imperative הַֽכֶּר־ Genesis 31:32 + 2 times; Infinitive absolute הֵַֽֽֽכּרֿ (Ginsb van d. H. הַֽכֶּר־) Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִי Ruth 2:10; Participle מַכִּיר Psalm 142:5, suffix מַכִּירֵךְ Ruth 2:19, etc.; —
1. regard, observe, especially with a view to recognition, with object clause, Genesis 31:32; Genesis 37:32; Genesis 38:25; pay attention to, with accusative of person Ruth 2:10, 19; accusative of thing (of God) Job 34:25; accusative of thing omitted 2 Samuel 3:36; י׳ subject כֵּן אַכִּיר ֗֗֗ לְטוֺבָה Jeremiah 24:5 so will I regard the exiles... for good; Antiochus subject Daniel 11:39; פָּנִיםהִכִּיר pay regard to (shew partiality, = פ׳ פְּנֵי נָשָׂא Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19 (|| מִשְׁפָּט הִטָּה), Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21.
2. Recognize (as formerly known) with accusative of person or thing, Genesis 27:23; Genesis 37:33; Genesis 38:26 (all J), Genesis 42:7, 8 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 20:41; Job 2:12; proverb. בְּטֶרֶם יַכִּיר אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ Ruth 3:14 before a man could recognize his fellow (i.e. before dawn); recognize voice (קוֺל), Judges 18:3; 1 Samuel 26:17; = perceive the true situation, וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה Nehemiah 6:12 and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him.
3. Be willing to recognize, acknowledge Deuteronomy 21:17; Deuteronomy 33:9; Isaiah 63:16 (|| יָדַע), Psalm 142:5; acknowledge with honour Isaiah 61:9.
4. Be acquainted with, לֹא יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֺד מְקוֺמוֺ Job 7:10 his place shall be acquainted with him no more (he shall be gone and forgotten), compare Psalm 103:16; with accusative of thing Job 24:17.
5. Distinguish, understand, הִכִּיר קוֺל ֗֗֗ לְקוֺל Ezra 3:13 could not distinguish, etc.; compare Job 4:16 could not distinguish its appearance; הִכִּיר לְדַבֵּר Nehemiah 13:24 understand how to speak, etc.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְנַכֶּרנָֿ֑עַר Proverbs 20:11 by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc.

[נכר] verb denominative act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue; —
Niph. Imperfect יִנָּכֵר Proverbs 26:24 with his lips a hater disguiseth himself (dissembles, speaks what is foreign to his thought).
Pi. Perfect נִכַּר 1 Samuel 23:7, but see below; Imperfect וַיְנַכְּרוּ Jeremiah 19:4 and they have treated this place as foreign (profane); יְנַכְּרוּ צָרֵהוּ Deuteronomy 32:27 lest their adversaries should misconstrue (it). — בְּיָדִי נִכַּר אֹתוֺ א׳ 1 Samuel 23:7 God hath alienated him into my hand, but improbable; Greek Version of the LXX מָכַר (compare Judges 4:9) hath sold him, so Th Klo HPS (compare We); < סִכַּר (as Isaiah 19:4) Krochm Dr; Kit either of these; > סִגַּר Bu; Löhr either סִגַּר or סִכַּר.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְנַכֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם Genesis 42:7 he acted as a stranger toward them; Participle feminine מִתְנַכֵּרָ֑ה 1 Kings 14:5, 6 feign to be a stranger-woman.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:23; 27:23; 31:32; 31:32; 37:32; 37:33; 37:33; 38:25; 38:26; 38:26; 42:7; 42:7; 42:8; 42:8

Deuteronomy

1:17; 16:19; 21:17; 21:17; 32:27; 33:9; 33:9

Judges

4:9; 18:3; 18:3

Ruth

2:10; 2:10; 2:19; 2:19; 3:14

1 Samuel

23:7; 23:7; 26:17

2 Samuel

3:36

1 Kings

14:5; 14:6; 18:7; 18:7; 20:41

Ezra

3:13

Nehemiah

6:12; 13:24

Job

2:12; 2:12; 4:16; 7:10; 7:10; 21:29; 24:17; 34:19; 34:25

Psalms

103:16; 142:5; 142:5

Proverbs

20:11; 24:23; 24:23; 26:24; 28:21; 28:21

Isaiah

19:4; 61:9; 63:16

Jeremiah

19:4; 24:5

Lamentations

4:8

Daniel

11:39; 11:39; 11:39

H5234

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Strong's Number H5234 matches the Hebrew נָכַר (nāḵar),
which occurs 50 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - He did not recognize H5234 him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - “The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our [fn]kinsmen [fn]point H5234 out what is yours [fn]among my belongings and take it for yourself.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please [fn]examine H5234 it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - Then he [fn]examined H5234 it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man to whom these things belong.” And she said, “Please examine H5234 and see, H5234 whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - Judah recognized H5234 them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not [fn]have relations with her again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized H5234 them, but he disguised H5234 himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8 - But Joseph had recognized H5234 his brothers, although they did not recognize H5234 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ‘You shall not show H5234 partiality H5234 in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear [fn]man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - “You shall not distort justice; you shall not [fn]be partial, H5234 and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge H5234 the firstborn, the son of the [fn]unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that [fn]he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge, H5234
That they would say, “Our hand is [fn]triumphant,
And the LORD has not done all this.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said of his father and his mother,
‘I did not consider them’;
And he did not acknowledge H5234 his brothers,
Nor did he regard his own sons,
For they observed Your word,
And kept Your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized H5234 the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take H5234 notice H5234 of me, since I am a foreigner?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took H5234 notice H5234 of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize H5234 another; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has [fn]delivered H5234 him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - Then Saul recognized H5234 David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all the people took H5234 note H5234 of it, and it [fn]pleased them, just as everything the king did [fn]pleased all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to [fn]inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend H5234 to be another H5234 woman.” H5234

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend H5234 to be another H5234 woman? H5234 For I am sent to you with a harsh message.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah [fn]met him, and he recognized H5234 him and fell on his face and said, “Is this you, Elijah my master?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized H5234 him that he was of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - so that the people could not distinguish H5234 the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I perceived H5234 [fn]that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able H5234 to speak the language of Judah, but [fn]the language of his own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize H5234 him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 - “It stood still, but I could not discern H5234 its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10 - “He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know H5234 him anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - “Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize H5234 their [fn]witness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - “[fn]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know H5234 its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar H5234 with the terrors of thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:19 - Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards H5234 the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - “Therefore He knows H5234 their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:16 - When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges H5234 it no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - Look to the right and see;
For there is no one who regards H5234 me;
[fn]There is no escape for me;
No one cares for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 - It is by his deeds that a lad [fn]distinguishes H5234 himself
If his conduct is pure and right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23 - These also are sayings of the wise.
To [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 in judgment is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates disguises H5234 it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his [fn]heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:21 - To [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize H5234 them
Because they are the offspring whom the LORD has blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize H5234 us.
You, O LORD, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have made H5234 this an alien H5234 place and have burned [fn]sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard H5234 as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - Their appearance is blacker than soot,
They are not recognized H5234 in the streets;
Their skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is withered, it has become like wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to [fn]those who acknowledge H5234 him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.
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