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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5234 matches the Hebrew נָכַר (nāḵar),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - He did not recognize H5234 him, because H3588 his hands H3027 were hairy H8163 like his brother H251 Esau’s H6215 hands; H3027 so he blessed H1288 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - “The one with whom H834 you find H4672 your gods H430 shall not live; H2421 in the presence H5048 of our [fn]kinsmen H251 [fn]point H5234 out what H4100 is yours [fn]among H5973 my belongings H5973 and take H3947 it for yourself.” For Jacob H3290 did not know H3045 that Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent H7971 the varicolored H6446 tunic H3801 and brought H935 it to their father H1 and said, H559 “We found H4672 this; H2088 please H4994 [fn]examine H5234 it to see whether it is your son’s H1121 tunic H3801 or H518 not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - Then he [fn]examined H5234 it and said, H559 “It is my son’s H1121 tunic. H3801 A wild H7451 beast H2416 has devoured H398 him; Joseph H3130 has surely H2963 been torn H2963 to pieces!” H2963
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - It was while she was being brought H3318 out that she sent H7971 to her father-in-law, H2524 saying, H559 “I am with child H2030 by the man H376 to whom H834 these H428 things H428 belong.” And she said, H559 “Please H4994 examine H5234 and see, H5234 whose H4310 signet H2368 ring H2858 and cords H6616 and staff H4294 are these?” H428
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - Judah H3063 recognized H5234 them, and said, H559 “She is more H4480 righteous H6663 than H4480 I, inasmuch H3588 H5921 H3651 as I did not give H5414 her to my son H1121 Shelah.” H7956 And he did not [fn]have H3045 relations H3045 with her again. H3254 H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - When Joseph H3130 saw H7200 his brothers H251 he recognized H5234 them, but he disguised H5234 himself to them and spoke H1696 to them harshly. H7186 And he said H559 to them, “Where H370 have you come H935 from?” And they said, H559 “From the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 to buy H7666 food.” H400
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8 - But Joseph H3130 had recognized H5234 his brothers, H251 although they did not recognize H5234 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ‘You shall not show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment; H4941 you shall hear H8085 the small H6996 and the great H1419 alike. You shall not fear H1481 [fn]man, H376 for the judgment H4941 is God’s. H430 The case H1697 that is too H4480 hard H7185 for you, you shall bring H7126 to me, and I will hear H8085 it.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - “You shall not distort H5186 justice; H4941 you shall not [fn]be partial, H5234 H6440 and you shall not take H3947 a bribe, H7810 for a bribe H7810 blinds H5786 the eyes H5869 of the wise H2450 and perverts H5557 the words H1697 of the righteous. H6662
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge H5234 the firstborn, H1060 the son H1121 of the [fn]unloved, H8130 by giving H5414 him a double H8147 portion H6310 of all H3605 that [fn]he has, H4672 for he is the beginning H7225 of his strength; H202 to him belongs the right H4941 of the firstborn. H1060
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Had I not feared H1481 the provocation H3708 by the enemy, H340
That their adversaries H6862 would misjudge, H5234
That they would say, H559 “Our hand H3027 is [fn]triumphant, H7311
And the LORD H3068 has not done H6466 all H3605 this.”’ H2088
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said H559 of his father H1 and his mother, H517
‘I did not consider H7200 them’;
And he did not acknowledge H5234 his brothers, H251
Nor H3808 did he regard H3045 his own sons, H1121
For they observed H8104 Your word, H565
And kept H5341 Your covenant. H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - When they were near H5973 the house H1004 of Micah, H4318 they recognized H5234 the voice H6963 of the young H5288 man, H5288 the Levite; H3881 and they turned H5493 aside H5493 there H8033 and said H559 to him, “Who H4310 brought H935 you here? H1988 And what H4100 are you doing H6213 in this H2088 place? And what H4100 do you have here?” H6311
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell H5307 on her face, H6440 bowing H7812 to the ground H776 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 have I found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869 that you should take H5234 notice H5234 of me, since I am a foreigner?” H5237
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - Her mother-in-law H2545 then said H559 to her, “Where H375 did you glean H3950 today H3117 and where H575 did you work? H6213 May he who took H5234 notice H5234 of you be blessed.” H1288 So she told H5046 her mother-in-law H2545 with whom H834 she had worked H6213 and said, H559 “The name H8034 of the man H376 with whom H834 I worked H6213 today H3117 is Boaz.” H1162
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So she lay H7901 at his feet H4772 until H5704 morning H1242 and rose H6965 before H2962 one H376 could recognize H5234 another; H7453 and he said, H559 “Let it not be known H3045 that the woman H802 came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor.” H1637
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - When it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that David H1732 had come H935 to Keilah, H7084 Saul H7586 said, H559 “God H430 has [fn]delivered H5234 him into my hand, H3027 for he shut H5462 himself in by entering H935 a city H5892 with double gates H1817 and bars.” H1280
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - Then Saul H7586 recognized H5234 David’s H1732 voice H6963 and said, H559 “Is this H2088 your voice, H6963 my son H1121 David?” H1732 And David H1732 said, H559 “It is my voice, H6963 my lord H113 the king.” H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all H3605 the people H5971 took H5234 note H5234 of it, and it [fn]pleased H3190 H5869 them, just as everything H3605 H834 the king H4428 did H6213 [fn]pleased H2895 H5869 all H3605 the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - Now the LORD H3068 had said H559 to Ahijah, H281 “Behold, H2009 the wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379 is coming H935 to [fn]inquire H1875 of you concerning H413 her son, H1121 for he is sick. H2470 You shall say H1696 thus H2090 and thus H2088 to her, for it will be when she arrives H935 that she will pretend H5234 to be another H5234 woman.” H5234
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - When Ahijah H281 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of her feet H7272 coming H935 in the doorway, H6607 he said, H559 “Come H935 in, wife H802 of Jeroboam, H3379 why H4100 do you pretend H5234 to be another H5234 woman? H5234 For I am sent H7971 to you with a harsh H7186 message.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - Now as Obadiah H5662 was on the way, H1870 behold, H2009 Elijah H452 [fn]met H7122 him, and he recognized H5234 him and fell H5307 on his face H6440 and said, H559 “Is this H2088 you, Elijah H452 my master?” H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he hastily H4116 took H5493 the bandage H666 away H5493 from his eyes, H5869 and the king H4428 of Israel H3478 recognized H5234 him that he was of the prophets. H5030
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - so that the people H5971 could not distinguish H5234 the sound H6963 of the shout H8643 of joy H8057 from the sound H6963 of the weeping H1065 of the people, H5971 for the people H5971 shouted H7321 with a loud H1419 shout, H8643 and the sound H6963 was heard H8085 far H7350 away. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I perceived H5234 [fn]that surely H2009 God H430 had not sent H7971 him, but he uttered H1696 his prophecy H5016 against H5921 me because Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - As for their children, H1121 half H2677 spoke H1696 in the language H797 of Ashdod, H797 and none H369 of them was able H5234 to speak H1696 the language H3066 of Judah, H3066 but [fn]the language H3956 of his own H5971 people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - When they lifted H5375 up their eyes H5869 at a distance H7350 and did not recognize H5234 him, they raised H5375 their voices H6963 and wept. H1058 And each H376 of them tore H7167 his robe H4598 and they threw H2236 dust H6083 over H5921 their heads H7218 toward the sky. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:16 - “It stood H5975 still, H5975 but I could not discern H5234 its appearance; H4758
A form H8544 was before H5048 my eyes; H5869
There was silence, H1827 then I heard H8085 a voice: H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10 - “He will not return H7725 again H5750 to his house, H1004
Nor H3808 will his place H4725 know H5234 him anymore. H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - “Have you not asked H7592 wayfaring H5674 men,
And do you not recognize H5234 their [fn]witness? H226
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:13 - [fn]Others H1992 have been H1961 with those who rebel H4775 against the light; H216
They do not want to know H5234 its ways H1870
Nor H3808 abide H3427 in its paths. H5410
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - “For the morning H1242 is the same H3162 to him as thick H6757 darkness, H6757
For he is familiar H5234 with the terrors H1091 of thick H6757 darkness. H6757
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:19 - Who H834 shows H5375 no H3808 partiality H5375 H6440 to princes H8269
Nor H3808 regards H5234 the rich H7771 above H6440 the poor, H1800
For they all H3605 are the work H4639 of His hands? H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - “Therefore H3651 He knows H5234 their works, H4566
And He overthrows H2015 them in the night, H3915
And they are crushed. H1792
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:16 - When H3588 the wind H7307 has passed H5674 over H5674 it, it is no H369 more, H369
And its place H4725 acknowledges H5234 it no H3808 longer. H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 - Look H5027 to the right H3225 and see; H7200
For there H369 is no H369 one H369 who regards H5234 me;
[fn]There is no H6 escape H4498 for me;
No H369 one H369 cares H1875 for my soul. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 - It is by his deeds H4611 that a lad H5288 [fn]distinguishes H5234 himself
If H518 his conduct H6467 is pure H2134 and right. H3477
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23 - These H428 also H1571 are sayings of the wise. H2450
To [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment H4941 is not good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates H8130 disguises H5234 it with his lips, H8193
But he lays H7896 up deceit H4820 in his [fn]heart. H7130
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:21 - To [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 is not good, H2896
Because H5921 for a piece H6595 of bread H3899 a man H1397 will transgress. H6586
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - Then their offspring H2233 will be known H3045 among the nations, H1471
And their descendants H6631 in the midst H8432 of the peoples. H5971
All H3605 who see H7200 them will recognize H5234 them
Because H3588 they are the offspring H2233 whom the LORD H3068 has blessed. H1288
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - For You are our Father, H1 though H3588 Abraham H85 does not know H3045 us
And Israel H3478 does not recognize H5234 us.
You, O LORD, H3068 are our Father, H1
Our Redeemer H1350 from of old H5769 is Your name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because H3282 H834 they have forsaken H5800 Me and have made H5234 this H2088 an alien H5234 place H4725 and have burned H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 in it to other H312 gods, H430 that neither H3808 they nor H3808 their forefathers H1 nor H3808 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had ever known, H3045 and because they have filled H4390 this H2088 place H4725 with the blood H1818 of the innocent H5355
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘Like these H428 good H2896 figs, H8384 so H3651 I will regard H5234 as good H2896 the captives H1546 of Judah, H3063 whom H834 I have sent H7971 out of this H2088 place H4725 into the land H776 of the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - Their appearance H8389 is blacker H2821 than H4480 soot, H7815
They are not recognized H5234 in the streets; H2351
Their skin H5785 is shriveled H6821 on their bones, H6106
It is withered, H3001 it has become H1961 like wood. H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “He will take H6213 action H6213 against the strongest H4581 of fortresses H4581 with the help of a foreign H5236 god; H433 he will give H7235 great H7235 honor H3519 to [fn]those who H834 acknowledge H5234 him and will cause them to rule H4910 over the many, H7227 and will parcel H2505 out land H127 for a price. H4242
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