Nâkar — H5234

H5234 · Hebrew — נכר

Pronunciation: naw-kar'

Definition

verb

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)

  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

Usually translated as

know, acknowledge, discern, respect, take knowledge, could, feign self to be another, self strange, self strangely, deliver, dissemble, estrange, perceive, regard, behave

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâkar occurs 49 times in 47 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Deuteronomy (5), Judges (1), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (8), Psalms (2), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Daniel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — N