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Lexicon :: Strong's H5234 - nāḵar

Aa
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 50 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And 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 relatives H251 [fn]point H5234 out H5234 what H4100 is yours [fn]among H5973 my belongings H5973 and take H3947 it for yourself.” Now Jacob H3290 did not know H3045 that Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent H7971 the [fn]multicolored 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 vicious H7451 animal H2416 has devoured H398 him; Joseph H3130 has surely H2963 been torn H2963 to H2963 pieces H2963!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - It was while she was being brought H3318 out H3318 that she sent H7971 word to her father-in-law H2524, saying H559, “I am pregnant H2030 by the man H376 to whom H834 these H428 things H428 belong.” She also said H559, “Please H4994 examine H5234 and H5234 see H5234, whose H4310 signet H2368 ring H2858 and cords H6616 and staff H4294 are these H428?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - And Judah H3063 recognized H5234 them, and said H559, “She is H6663 more H4480 righteous H6663 than H4480 I, since H3588 H5921 H3651 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. 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 are not to [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment H4941; you shall hear H8085 the small H6996 and the great H1419 alike. You are not to be afraid H1481 of any person H376, for the judgment H4941 is H7185 God’s H430. The case H1697 that is too H4480 difficult 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]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440; and you shall not accept H3947 a bribe H7810, because H3588 a bribe H7810 blinds H5786 the eyes H5869 of the wise H2450 and distorts H5557 the words H1697 of the righteous H6662.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “On H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, he shall acknowledge H5234 the firstborn H1060, the son H1121 of the [fn]unloved H8130 wife, by giving H5414 him a double H8147 [fn]portion H6310 of everything H3605 that [fn]he owns H4672, for he was the beginning H7225 of his [fn]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 H7311 [fn]triumphant H7311,

And the LORD H3068 has not performed 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 kept H8104 Your word H565,

And complied H5341 with 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 H2331 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 got H6965 up H6965 before H2962 one H376 person H376 could recognize H5234 another H7453; and he said H559, “Do not let it be known H3045 that the woman H802 came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor H1637.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - When it was reported H5046 to Saul H7586 that David H1732 had come H935 to Keilah H7084, Saul H7586 said H559, “God H430 has handed H5234 H3027 him over H5234 to me, for he shut H5462 himself in H5462 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 David’s vow, and it [fn]pleased H3190 H5869 them, just as everything H3605 that 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 about H413 her son H1121, because H3588 he is H2470 sick H2470. You shall say H1696 such H2090 and such H2088 to her, for it will be when she arrives H935, that she is going to make H5234 herself unrecognizable H5234.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 -

So when Ahijah H281 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of her feet H7272 coming H935 in the doorway H6607, he said H559, “Come H935 in H935, wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379; why H4100 do you make H5234 yourself unrecognizable H5234? Nevertheless, 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 met H7122 him, and he recognized H5234 him and fell H5307 on his face H6440 and said H559, “Is it you, Elijah H452 my master H113?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - Then he quickly 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 one 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, because H3588 the people H5971 were shouting 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 realized H5234 [fn]that God H430 certainly H2009 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 H797 Ashdod H797, and none H369 of them knew H5234 how H5234 to speak H1696 the language H3066 of H3066 Judah H3066, but [fn]only the language H3956 of his own H5971 people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - When they [fn]looked H5375 H5869 from 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 -

Something was standing H5975 still H5975, but I could not recognize 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 to his house H1004 again H5750,

Nor H3808 will his place H4725 know H5234 about H5234 him anymore H5750.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 -

“Have you not asked H7592 travelers H5674 H1870,

And do you not examine H5234 their [fn]evidence 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 H5234 to H5234 know H5234 its ways H1870

Nor H3808 stay 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 H5234 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 the prominent H8269,

Nor H3808 regards H5234 the rich H7771 as above H6440 the poor H1800,

Since H3588 they are all H3605 the work H4639 of His hands H3027?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 -

“Therefore H3651 He knows H5234 their deeds 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 no H3808 longer H5750 knows H5234 about H5234 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 -

Look H5027 to the right H3225 and see H7200;

For there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who regards H5234 me favorably;

[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 boy 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 -

One who hates H8130 disguises H5234 it with his lips H8193,

But he harbors H7896 deceit H4820 in his [fn]heart H7130.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:21 -

To [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 is not good H2896,

Because for a piece H6595 of bread H3899 a man H1397 will do H6586 wrong 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, LORD H3068, are our Father H1,

Our Redeemer H1350 from ancient H5769 times H5769 is Your name H8034.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Since H3282 H834 they have abandoned H5800 Me and have made H5234 this H2088 place H4725 foreign H5234, 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 since they have filled H4390 this H2088 place H4725 with the blood H1818 of the innocent H5355
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘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 H2821 darker 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 H3001 dry H3001, it has become H1961 like wood H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take H6213 action H6213 against the strongest H4581 of fortresses H4013 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 make them rulers H4910 over the many H7227, and will parcel H2505 out H2505 land H127 for a price H4242.
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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan