Word Study · Strong's H5234 · Hebrew
נָכַר
nakar
naw-kar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nâkar
“properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
acknowledge, [idiom] could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
- 49occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 44inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 49 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 44
- הִכִּ֔ירוּ2
- הַֽכֵּר־2
- הַכֶּר־2
- וַיַּכֵּ֤ר2
- יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ2
- אַכִּ֬יר1
- אַכִּ֞יר1
- הִכִּ֔יר1
- הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ1
- הִכִּיר֔וֹ1
- הִכִּ֥ירוּ1
- הַֽכֶּר־1
and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 40
- and he recognized3
- investigate3
- he is acquainted with2
- he recognized2
- they recognized him2
- to pay regard to2
- you will pay regard to2
- [one who] recognizes1
- [the one who] paid regard to you1
- [were] knowing1
- [were] recognizing1
- [will be] acted as a stranger1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 31
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
- Hc/Vhw3ms4
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute2
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
- Hc/Vhw1cs/Sh1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhi3ms · 5
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 4
- HVhp3cp · 3
- HVhv2ms · 3
- HVhaa · 2
- HVhi1cs · 2
- HVhi3ms/Sp3ms · 2
- HVhp3cp/Sp3ms · 2
- HVhrmpa · 2
- HVpp3ms · 2
- HVtrfsa · 2
- Hc/Vhw1cs/Sh · 1
All 49, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis10 of 49 · 20%
- Job8 of 49 · 16%
- Deuteronomy5 of 49 · 10%
- 1 Kings4 of 49 · 8%
- Proverbs4 of 49 · 8%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis10 occurrences
- Genesis 27:23הִכִּיר֔וֹhikiroverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIsaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.here: he recognized him
- Genesis 31:32הַֽכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singularIf you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.here: investigate
- Genesis 37:32הַכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singularThey sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”here: investigate
- Genesis 37:33וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּvaiyakirahHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fsHis father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”here: and he recognized it
- Genesis 38:25הַכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singularAs she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”here: investigate
- Genesis 38:26וַיַּכֵּ֣רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3msJudah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.here: and he recognized [them]
- Genesis 42:7וַיַּכִּרֵ֑םvaiyakiremHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mpAnd when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”here: and he recognized them
- Genesis 42:7וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨רvaiyitnakerHc/Vtw3msAnd when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”here: and he acted as a stranger
- Genesis 42:8וַיַּכֵּ֥רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3msAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.here: and he recognized
- Genesis 42:8הִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃hikiruhuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.here: they recognized him
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:17תַכִּ֨ירוּtakiruverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralShow no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”here: you will pay regard to
- Deuteronomy 16:19תַכִּ֖ירtakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularDo not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.here: you will pay regard to
- Deuteronomy 21:17יַכִּ֗ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularInstead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.here: he will acknowledge
- Deuteronomy 32:27יְנַכְּר֖וּyenakeruverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralif I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”here: they should misconstrue
- Deuteronomy 33:9הִכִּ֔ירhikirverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.here: he recognized
Ruth3 occurrences
- Ruth 2:10לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִיlehakirenipreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAt this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”here: to pay regard to me
- Ruth 2:19מַכִּירֵ֖ךְmakirekhverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThen her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.here: [the one who] paid regard to you
- Ruth 3:14יַכִּ֥ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularSo she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”here: he recognized
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 23:7נִכַּ֨רnikarverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”here: he has alienated
- 1 Samuel 26:17וַיַּכֵּ֤רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3msThen Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.here: and he recognized
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 14:5מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃mitnakerahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularBut the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”here: [will be] acted as a stranger
- 1 Kings 14:6מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔הmitnakerahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularSo when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.here: acting as a stranger
- 1 Kings 18:7וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyakirehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3msNow as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”here: and he recognized him
- 1 Kings 20:41וַיַּכֵּ֤רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3msThen the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.here: and he recognized
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 6:12וָאַכִּ֕ירָהvaakirahHc/Vhw1cs/ShI realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.here: and I recognized !
- Nehemiah 13:24מַכִּירִ֖יםmakirimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralHalf of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.here: [were] knowing
Job8 occurrences
- Job 2:12הִכִּירֻ֔הוּhikiruhuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.here: they recognized him
- Job 4:16אַכִּ֬ירʾakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularIt stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:here: I recognized
- Job 7:10יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּyakirenuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.here: it will acknowledge him
- Job 21:29תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃tenakeruverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralHave you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?here: do you recognize?
- Job 24:13הִכִּ֥ירוּhikiruverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThen there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.here: they pay regard to
- Job 24:17יַ֝כִּ֗ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!here: he is acquainted with
- Job 34:19נִכַּר־nikar-verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularwho is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.here: he regards
- Job 34:25יַ֭כִּירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.here: he is acquainted with
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 103:16יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּyakirenuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularwhen the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.here: it will recognize it
- Psalms 142:4מַ֫כִּ֥ירmakirverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularLook to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.here: [one who] recognizes
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 20:11יִתְנַכֶּר־yitnaker-verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularEven a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.here: he makes himself known
- Proverbs 24:23הַֽכֵּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThese also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.here: to pay regard to
- Proverbs 26:24יִנָּכֵ֣רyinakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularA hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.here: he disguises himself
- Proverbs 28:21הַֽכֵּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteTo show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.here: to pay regard to
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 61:9יַכִּיר֔וּםyakirumverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.here: they will recognize them
- Isaiah 63:16יַכִּירָ֑נוּyakiranuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralYet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.here: he acknowledges us
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 19:4וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּvaynakeruHc/Vpw3mpbecause they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.here: and they have treated as foreign
- Jeremiah 24:5אַכִּ֞ירʾakirverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.here: I will regard