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hebrew #5234 - נָכַר nakar (to regard)


Original Word:נָכַר
Transliteration: nakar
Definition:to regard, recognize
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(naw-kar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another

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, X could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).


Englishman's Concordance

1) to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard
1a) (Niphal) to be recognised
1b) (Piel) to regard
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to regard, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, notice
1c2) to recognise (as formerly known), perceive
1c3) to be willing to recognise or acknowledge, acknowledge with honour
1c4) to be acquainted with
1c5) to distinguish, understand
1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself known
2) to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue
2a) (Niphal) to disguise oneself
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to treat as foreign (profane)
2b2) to misconstrue
2c) (Hithpael)
2c1) to act as alien
2c2) to disguise oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1368

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [נָכַר] verb (not

Qal) regard, recognize (Late Hebrew Hiph`il know, be acquainted with; ᵑ7 Aph`el id.; Syriac Aph`el id.; compare also Arabic in sense be shrewd, cunning); **Arabic be shrewd, apparently rare, compare cunning Lane2850a. —

Niph`alPerfect3masculine plural לֹאנִכְּרוּLamentations 4:8they are not recognized.

Pi`elPerfectלֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑לJob 34:19he regardeth not the opulent above the poor ("" לֹאנָֿשָׂא מְּנֵי שָׂרִים); Imperfectלֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּJob 21:29do ye not recognize their tokens.

Hiph`ilPerfectהִכִּירDeuteronomy 33:9; Daniel 11:39 Kt; suffix הִכִּירוֺGenesis 27:23; 3plural הִכִּירוּJudges 18:3 2t., suffix הִכִּירֻהוּJob 2:12, הִכִּרֻהוּGenesis 42:8; ImperfectיַכִּירDeuteronomy 21:17 3t. + Daniel 11:39 Qr; וַיַּכֵּרGenesis 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ1 Kings 18:7, יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּJob 7:10, וַיַּכִּירָהּGenesis 37:33, etc.; Imperativeַ˜הכֶּרֿGenesis 31:32 2t.; Infinitive absoluteהֵַ˜כּרֿ (Ginsb van d. H. ַ˜הכֶּרֿ) Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִיRuth 2:10; ParticipleמַכִּירPsalm 142:5, suffix מַכִּירֵךְRuth 2:19, etc.; —

1regard, 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 ֗֗֗ לְטוֺבָהJeremiah 24:5so will I regard the exiles ... for good; Antiochus subject Daniel 11:39; הִכִּיר מָּנִיםpay regard to (shew partiality,=׳נָשָׂא מְּנֵי פ) Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19 ("" הִטָּה מִשְׁמָּט), Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21.

2Recognize (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 אִישׁאֶתרֵֿעֵהוּRuth 3:14before 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 וְהִנֵּהNehemiah 6:12and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him.

3Be willing to recognize, acknowledgeDeuteronomy 21:17; Deuteronomy 33:9; Isaiah 63:16 ("" יָדַע), Psalm 142:5; acknowledge with honourIsaiah 61:9.

4Be acquainted with, לֹא יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֺד מְקוֺמוֺJob 7:10his 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.

5Distinguish, understand, הִכִּיר קוֺל ֗֗֗ לְקוֺלEzra 3:13could not distinguish, etc.; compare Job 4:16could not distinguish its appearance; הִכִּיר לְדַבֵּרNehemiah 13:24understand how to speak, etc.

Hithpa`elImperfectיִתְנַכֶּרנָֿ֑עַרProverbs 20:11 by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc.

[נכר] verbdenominativeact or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue; —

Niph`alImperfectיִנָּכֵרProverbs 26:24 with his lips a hater disguiseth himself (dissembles, speaks what is foreign to his thought).

Pi`elPerfectנִכַּר1 Samuel 23:7, but see below; ImperfectוַיְנַכְּרוּJeremiah 19:4and they have treated this place as foreign (profane); יְנַכְּרוּצָרֵהוּDeuteronomy 32:27 lest their adversaries should misconstrue (it). — בְּיָדִי׳נִכַּר אֹתוֺ א1 Samuel 23:7God hath alienated him into my hand, but improbable; ᵐ5מָכַר (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.

Hithpa`elImperfectוַיִּתְנַכֵּר אֲלֵיהֶםGenesis 42:7he acted as a stranger toward them; Participle feminine מִתְנַכֵּרָ֑ה1 Kings 14:5,6 feign to be a stranger-woman.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5234. נָכַר (nakar) — 49 Occurrences

Genesis 27:23
HEB: וְלֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔וֹ כִּֽי־ הָי֣וּ
NAS:He did not recognize him, because
KJV:And he discerned him not, because his hands
INT: did not recognize because become

Genesis 31:32
HEB:נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־ לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה
NAS: of our kinsmen point out what
KJV: our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take
INT: the presence of our kinsmen point what against

Genesis 37:32
HEB:זֹ֣את מָצָ֑אנוּ הַכֶּר־ נָ֗א הַכְּתֹ֧נֶת
NAS: please examine [it] to [see] whether it is your son's
KJV: This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son's
INT: We found examine please tunic

Genesis 37:33
HEB: וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כְּתֹ֣נֶת
NAS:Then he examined it and said,
KJV:And he knew it, and said,
INT:examined and said tunic

Genesis 38:25
HEB:הָרָ֑ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַכֶּר־ נָ֔א לְמִ֞י
NAS: Please examine and see, whose
KJV: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these, the signet,
INT: child said examine Please whose

Genesis 38:26
HEB: וַיַּכֵּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
NAS: Judah recognized [them], and said,
KJV: And Judah acknowledged [them], and said,
INT:recognized Judah and said

Genesis 42:7
HEB:אֶת־ אֶחָ֖יו וַיַּכִּרֵ֑ם וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם
NAS: his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised
KJV: his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange
INT: Joseph his brothers recognized recognized to

Genesis 42:7
HEB:אֶחָ֖יו וַיַּכִּרֵ֑ם וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר
KJV: and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake
INT: his brothers recognized recognized to spoke

Genesis 42:8
HEB: וַיַּכֵּ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶת־
NAS: But Joseph had recognized his brothers,
KJV: And Joseph knew his brethren,
INT:had recognized Joseph his brothers

Genesis 42:8
HEB:וְהֵ֖ם לֹ֥א הִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃
NAS: his brothers, although they did not recognize him.
KJV: his brethren, but they knew not him.
INT: like did not recognize

Deuteronomy 1:17
HEB: לֹֽא־ תַכִּ֨ירוּ פָנִ֜ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט
NAS:You shall not show partiality in judgment;
KJV:Ye shall not respect persons
INT: shall not show persons judgment

Deuteronomy 16:19
HEB:מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־
NAS: justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take
KJV: judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
INT: justice not respect persons shall not

Deuteronomy 21:17
HEB:בֶּן־ הַשְּׂנוּאָ֜ה יַכִּ֗יר לָ֤תֶת לוֹ֙
NAS:But he shall acknowledge the firstborn,
KJV:But he shall acknowledge the son
INT: the son of the unloved shall acknowledge giving portion

Deuteronomy 32:27
HEB:אָג֔וּר פֶּֽן־ יְנַכְּר֖וּ צָרֵ֑ימוֹ פֶּן־
KJV: lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say,
INT: feared lest strangely their adversaries would

Deuteronomy 33:9
HEB:אֶחָיו֙ לֹ֣א הִכִּ֔יר וְאֶת־ [בָּנֹו
NAS: I did not consider them'; And he did not acknowledge his brothers,
KJV: I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren,
INT: his brothers Nor acknowledge afflicted Nor

Judges 18:3
HEB:מִיכָ֔ה וְהֵ֣מָּה הִכִּ֔ירוּ אֶת־ ק֥וֹל
NAS: of Micah, they recognized the voice
KJV: of Micah, they knew the voice
INT: of Micah they recognized the voice of the young

Ruth 2:10
HEB:חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי וְאָנֹכִ֖י נָכְרִיָּֽה׃
NAS: in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?
KJV: in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?
INT: favor your sight take I alien

Ruth 2:19
HEB:עָשִׂ֔ית יְהִ֥י מַכִּירֵ֖ךְ בָּר֑וּךְ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד
NAS: did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.
KJV: thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed
INT: had worked become notice of you be blessed told

Ruth 3:14
HEB:(בְּטֶ֛רֶם ק) יַכִּ֥יר אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־
NAS: one could recognize another;
KJV: one could know another.
INT: and rose before recognize one another

1 Samuel 23:7
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל נִכַּ֨ר אֹת֤וֹ אֱלֹהִים֙
KJV: God hath delivered him into mine hand;
INT: said Saul delivered God my hand

1 Samuel 26:17
HEB: וַיַּכֵּ֤ר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־
NAS: Then Saul recognized David's voice
KJV: And Saul knew David's voice,
INT:recognized Saul voice

2 Samuel 3:36
HEB:וְכָל־ הָעָ֣ם הִכִּ֔ירוּ וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם
NAS: the people took note [of it], and it pleased
KJV: And all the people took notice [of it], and it pleased
INT: now all the people took be accepted affliction

1 Kings 14:5
HEB:כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃
KJV: unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be] another [woman].
INT: arrives herself another

1 Kings 14:6
HEB:זֶּ֗ה אַ֚תְּ מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ
KJV: of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent
INT: he you another I sent

1 Kings 18:7
HEB:אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙ וַיִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־
NAS: met him, and he recognized him and fell
KJV: met him: and he knew him, and fell
INT: Elijah met recognized and fell on

1 Kings 20:41
HEB:ק) עֵינָ֑יו וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.
KJV: of Israel discerned him that he [was] of the prophets.
INT: and his eyes recognized and the king of Israel

Ezra 3:13
HEB:וְאֵ֣ין הָעָ֗ם מַכִּירִים֙ ק֚וֹל תְּרוּעַ֣ת
NAS: so that the people could not distinguish the sound
KJV: So that the people could not discern the noise
INT: that the people distinguish the sound of the shout

Nehemiah 6:12
HEB: וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־
NAS:Then I perceived that surely God
KJV:And, lo, I perceived that God
INT:perceived surely not

Nehemiah 13:24
HEB:אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית וְאֵינָ֥ם מַכִּירִ֖ים לְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוּדִ֑ית
NAS: and none of them was able to speak
KJV: in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak
INT: the language and none was able to speak the language

Job 2:12
HEB:מֵרָחוֹק֙ וְלֹ֣א הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ קוֹלָ֖ם
NAS: at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised
KJV: afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up
INT: A distance and did not recognize raised their voices

Job 4:16
HEB:יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־ אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה
NAS: It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
KJV: It stood still, but I could not discern the form
INT: stood not discern appearance A form

Job 7:10
HEB:לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־ יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃
NAS: Nor will his place know him anymore.
KJV: neither shall his place know him any more.
INT: to his house Nor know anymore will his place

Job 21:29
HEB:וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם לֹ֣א תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃
NAS: wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?
KJV: by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
INT: their tokens not recognize

Job 24:13
HEB:א֥וֹר לֹֽא־ הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א
NAS: against the light; They do not want to know its ways
KJV: against the light; they know not the ways
INT: the light Nor to know ways Nor

Job 24:17
HEB:צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־ יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors
KJV: the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors
INT: thick for is familiar the terrors darkness

Job 34:19
HEB:שָׂרִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א נִכַּר־ שׁ֭וֹעַ לִפְנֵי־
NAS: to princes Nor regards the rich above
KJV: of princes, nor regardeth the rich
INT: to princes Nor regards the rich above

Job 34:25
HEB: לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ
NAS: Therefore He knows their works,
KJV:Therefore he knoweth their works,
INT: Therefore knows their works overthrows

Psalm 103:16
HEB:וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְלֹא־ יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
NAS: And its place acknowledges it no
KJV: it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
INT: is no no acknowledges longer place

Psalm 142:4
HEB:וְאֵֽין־ לִ֪י מַ֫כִּ֥יר אָבַ֣ד מָנ֣וֹס
NAS: is no one who regards me; There is no
KJV: and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge
INT: and see there regards is no escape

Proverbs 20:11
HEB:גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר־ נָ֑עַר אִם־
NAS: that a lad distinguishes himself If
KJV: Even a child is known by his doings,
INT: again his deeds distinguishes A lad If

Proverbs 24:23
HEB:אֵ֥לֶּה לַֽחֲכָמִ֑ים הַֽכֵּר־ פָּנִ֖ים בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט
NAS: are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment
KJV: [It is] not good to have respect of persons
INT: These of the wise to show of persons judgment

Proverbs 26:24
HEB:(בִּ֭שְׂפָתָיו ק) יִנָּכֵ֣ר שׂוֹנֵ֑א וּ֝בְקִרְבּ֗וֹ
KJV: He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
INT: band dissembleth hates his heart

Proverbs 28:21
HEB: הַֽכֵּר־ פָּנִ֥ים לֹא־
NAS:To show partiality is not good,
KJV:To have respect of persons
INT:to show of persons is not

Isaiah 61:9
HEB:כָּל־ רֹֽאֵיהֶם֙ יַכִּיר֔וּם כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם
NAS: who see them will recognize them Because
KJV: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed
INT: All see will recognize Because they

Isaiah 63:16
HEB:וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֣א יַכִּירָ֑נוּ אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙
NAS: us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD,
KJV: of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD,
INT: and Israel does not recognize O LORD

Jeremiah 19:4
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָבֻ֗נִי וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּ אֶת־ הַמָּק֤וֹם
KJV: Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place,
INT: they have forsaken estranged place this

Jeremiah 24:5
HEB:הָאֵ֑לֶּה כֵּֽן־ אַכִּ֞יר אֶת־ גָּל֣וּת
NAS: so I will regard as good
KJV: figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive
INT: these so will regard the captives of Judah

Lamentations 4:8
HEB:תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם לֹ֥א נִכְּר֖וּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת צָפַ֤ד
NAS: soot, They are not recognized in the streets;
KJV: than a coal; they are not known in the streets:
INT: their appearance are not recognized the streets is shriveled

Daniel 11:39
HEB:[הִכִּיר כ] (יַכִּ֖יר ק) יַרְבֶּ֣ה
NAS: to those who acknowledge [him] and will cause them to rule
KJV: god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase
INT: a foreign who acknowledge will give honor

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