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H5234 נָכַר (nâkar) naw-kar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

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)

KJV Usage: 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)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָכַר (na.khar) — to recognize. 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

נָכַר (na.khar) — to alienate. 1) to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue 1a) (Niphal) to disguise oneself 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to treat as foreign (profane) 1b2) to misconstrue 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to act as alien 1c2) to disguise oneself

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · הַכָּרָה · מַכָּר

Know | verb hif, verb hit, verb nif

to recognize, to identify = process by which humans understand the identity or nature of (other) humans, objects or events

GEN 27:23 · GEN 31:32 · GEN 37:32 · GEN 37:33 · GEN 38:25 · GEN 38:26 · GEN 42:7 · GEN 42:8 · GEN 42:8 · JDG 18:3 · RUT 3:14 · 1SA 26:17 · 2SA 3:36 · 1KI 18:7 · 1KI 20:41 · EZR 3:13 · NEH 6:12 · JOB 2:12 · JOB 4:16 · JOB 7:10 · JOB 24:13 · JOB 24:17 · JOB 34:25 · PSA 103:16 · PRO 20:11 · LAM 4:8

Willing | verb hif, verb pi

to acknowledge, to take notice (of someone) = action by which humans or deities show a favorable attitude to (other) humans

DEU 21:17 · DEU 33:9 · RUT 2:10 · RUT 2:19 · JOB 21:29 · JOB 34:19 · PSA 142:5 · ISA 61:9 · ISA 63:16 · JER 24:5 · DAN 11:39

Partial | verb hif

Collocation: נכר פָּנִים

to show partiality = action with which humans favor one side in a dispute over the other

DEU 1:17 · DEU 16:19 · PRO 24:23 · PRO 28:21

Able | verb hif

to be able = state in which humans know how to do something

NEH 13:24

verb · נֵכָר · נֶכֶר · נָכְרִי

Different | verb hit, verb nif

to pretend to be a stranger = action by which a humans act as as strangers toward other humans ► to hide their identity

GEN 42:7 · 1KI 14:5 · 1KI 14:6 · PRO 26:24

Non-Know | verb pi

to misunderstand, to misconstrue, not to accept = state in which humans are unable to identify someone or evaluate a situation incorrectly

DEU 32:27

Unclean | verb pi

to profane = causative action by which humans cause a place to be associated with foreign religious practices

JER 19:4

verb

Control | verb pi

to hand over = causative action by which deities give humans control over other humans

1SA 23:7

1 DAN 11:39 MT-K הכיר | MT-Q יַכִּיר

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָכַר] vb. (not Qal) regard, recognize Niph. they are not recognized

Pi. he regardeth not the opulent above the poor

Hiph. regard, observe, esp. with a view to recognition

Recognize (as formerly known)

Be willing to recognize, acknowledge

Be acquianted with

Distinguish, understand

Hithp. Impf by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc.

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[נכר] vb. denom. act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue Niph. with his lips a hater disguiseth himself

Pi. and they have treated this place as foreign

Hithp. he acted as a stranger toward them

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