Strong's Lexicon: H5234 נָכַר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5234
Word:	נָכַר
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	50
Transliteration:	nakar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	naw-kar'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at 2. 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)
KJV Renderings:	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).

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BDB5205

I. [נָכַר] verb (not Qal) regard, recognize (Late Hebrew Hiph`il know, be acquainted with ; ᵑ7 Aph`el id.; Syriac Aph`el [untranscribed source text 3316] id.; compare also Arabic [untranscribed source text 3317] in sense be shrewd, cunning);

Arabic [untranscribed source text 3318] be shrewd, apparently rare, compare [untranscribed source text 3319] cunning Lane^{2850 a}. —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine plural לֹא נִכְּרוּ Lam 4:8 they are not recognized.

Pi`el Perfect לֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑ל Job 34:19 he regardeth not the opulent above the poor (|| לֹאנָֿשָׂא פְּנֵי שָׂרִים ); Imperfect לֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּ Job 21:29 do ye not recognize their tokens.

Hiph`il Perfect הִכִּיר Deut 33:9 ; Dan 11:39 Kt ; suffix הִכִּירוֺ Gen 27:23 3 plural הִכִּירוּ Judg 18:3 + 2 t., suffix הִכִּירֻהוּ Job 2:12 , הִכִּרֻהוּ Gen 42:8 Imperfect יַכִּיר Deut 21:17 + 3 t. + Dan 11:39 Qr ; וַיַּכֵּר Gen 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ 1Kgs 18:7 , יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּ Job 7:10 , וַיַּכִּירָהּ Gen 37:33 , etc.; Imperative ַהכֶּרֿ Gen 31:32 + 2 t.; Infinitive absolute הֵַכּרֿ (Ginsb van d. H. ַהכֶּרֿ) Prov 24:23; Prov 28:21 construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִי Ruth 2:10 Participle מַכִּיר Ps 142:5 , suffix מַכִּירֵךְ Ruth 2:19 , etc.; —

1. regard, observe, especially with a view to recognition, with object clause, Gen 31:32; Gen 37:32; Gen 38:25 pay attention to, with accusative of person Ruth 2:10; Ruth 2:19 accusative of thing (of God) Job 34:25 accusative of thing omitted 2Sam 3:36 ׳ י subject כֵּן אַכִּיר ֗֗֗ לְטוֺבָה Jer 24:5 so will I regard the exiles … for good; Antiochus subject Dan 11:39 הִכִּיר פָּנִים pay regard to (shew partiality, = ׳ נָשָׂא פְּנֵי פ) Deut 1:17; Deut 16:19 (|| הִטָּה מִשְׁפָּט), Prov 24:23; Prov 28:21.

2. Recognize (as formerly known) with accusative of person or thing, Gen 27:23; Gen 37:33; Gen 38:26 (all J ), Gen 42:7 ; Gen 42:8 (twice in verse) ( E ), 1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 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), Judg 18:3; 1Sam 26:17 = perceive the true situation, וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה Neh 6:12 and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him.

3. Be willing to recognize, acknowledge Deut 21:17; Deut 33:9; Isa 63:16 (|| יָדַע), Ps 142:5 acknowledge with honour Isa 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 Ps 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 Neh 13:24 understand how to speak, etc.

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

BDB5212

[נכר] verb denominative act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue; —

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

Pi`el Perfect נִכַּר 1Sam 23:7, but see below; Imperfect וַיְנַכְּרוּ Jer 19:4 and they have treated this place as foreign (profane); יְנַכְּרוּ צָרֵהוּ Deut 32:27 lest their adversaries should misconstrue (it). — בְּיָדִי ׳ נִכַּר אֹתוֺ א 1Sam 23:7 God hath alienated him into my hand, but improbable; ᵐ5 מָכַר (compare Judg 4:9) hath sold him, so Th Klo HPS (compare We); < סִכַּר (as Isa 19:4) Krochm Dr; Kit either of these; > סִגַּר Bu; Löhr either סִגַּר or סִכַּר.

Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְנַכֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם Gen 42:7 he acted as a stranger toward them; Participle feminine מִתְנַכֵּרָ֑ה 1Kgs 14:5 ; 1Kgs 14:6 feign to be a stranger-woman.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke