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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.
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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 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son's coat or no.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - And Judas knew them, and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Chanaan, to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8 - And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - Thou shalt not have respect to [fn]persons in judgment, thou shalt judge [fn]small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - they shall not wrest judgment, nor favour persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the first-born of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the [fn]first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen thee; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons: he kept thine oracles, and observed thy covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - in the house of Michaias, and they recognised the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in thither; and said to him, Who brought thee in hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought to-day is Booz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbour; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - And it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - And Saul recognised the voice of David, and said, Is this thy voice, son David? and David said, I am thy servant, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - And all the people took notice, and all things that the king did before the people were pleasing in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu, [fn]art thou indeed he?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - (LXX 21:41) And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognised him, that he was one of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - And the people did not distinguish the voice of the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable devised against me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and rent every one his garment, and sprinkled dust upon their heads,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 - I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10 - and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their appointed paths?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:19 - Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honourable man, neither knows how to give honour to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - Who discovers their works, and will bring night about upon them, and they shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:16 - (LXX 102:16) For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - (LXX 141:5) I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 - A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23 - And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:21 - He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: every one that sees them shall [fn]take notice of them, that they are a seed blessed of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - For thou art our Father; for though Abraham knew us not, and Israel did not acknowledge us, yet do thou, O Lord, our Father, deliver us: thy name has been upon us from the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burnt incense in it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of Juda have filled this place with innocent blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - Heth. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he shall do thus in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.
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