Hebrew verb · H5234
נָכַר
nakarnaw-kar'
to recognize; to alienate
49 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâkar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5234is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 44spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5234
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)
The King James renders it: 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).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nakar is rendered "to recognize; to alienate". It stands 49 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to recognize".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
- The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.
The first use
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Genesis 27:23הִכִּיר֔וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to recognize, and to alienate.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to recognizeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau… |
| to alienateStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he recognized4
- investigate3
- he is acquainted with2
- he recognized2
- they recognized him2
- to pay regard to2
- you will pay regard to2
- acted as a stranger1
- acting as a stranger1
- and he acted as a stranger1
- and he recognized him1
- and he recognized it1
and 27 more, 49 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| נָכַל | nakal | to plot | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 49, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
44 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הִכִּ֔ירוּ2
- הַֽכֵּר־2
- הַכֶּר־2
- וַיַּכֵּ֤ר2
- יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ2
- אַכִּ֬יר1
- אַכִּ֞יר1
- הִכִּ֔יר1
- הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ1
- הִכִּיר֔וֹ1
- הִכִּ֥ירוּ1
- הַֽכֶּר־1
and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVhi3ms
- Hc/Vhw3ms4Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVhp3cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhv2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute2HVhaa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVhi1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhp3cp/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural2HVhrmpa
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVpp3ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · feminine singular2HVtrfsa
- Hc/Vhw1cs/Sh1Hc/Vhw1cs/Sh
Genesis
ten uses
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
- הִכִּיר֔וֹhikiroverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he recognized him
If 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.
- הַֽכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: investigate
They 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.”
- הַכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: investigate
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
- וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּvaiyakirahHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he recognized it
As 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?”
- הַכֶּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: investigate
Judah 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.
- וַיַּכֵּ֣רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he recognized
And 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.”
- וַיַּכִּרֵ֑םvaiyakiremHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he recognized them
- וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨רvaiyitnakerHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he acted as a stranger
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
- וַיַּכֵּ֥רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he recognized
- הִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃hikiruhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they recognized him
Deuteronomy
five uses
Show 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.”
- תַכִּ֨ירוּtakiruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will pay regard to
Do 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.
- תַכִּ֖ירtakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will pay regard to
Instead, 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.
- יַכִּ֗ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will acknowledge
if 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.’”
- יְנַכְּר֖וּyenakeruverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they should misconstrue
He 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.
- הִכִּ֔ירhikirverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he recognized
Judges
one use
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
- הִכִּ֔ירוּhikiruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they recognized
Ruth
three uses
At 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?”
- לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִיlehakirenipreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to pay regard to me
Then 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.
- מַכִּירֵ֖ךְmakirekhverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: paid regard to you
So 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.”
- יַכִּ֥ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he recognized
1 Samuel
two uses
When 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.”
- נִכַּ֨רnikarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has alienated
Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
- וַיַּכֵּ֤רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he recognized
2 Samuel
one use
All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
- הִכִּ֔ירוּhikiruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they paid regard
1 Kings
four uses
But 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.”
- מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃mitnakerahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · feminine singulartagged: acted as a stranger
So 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.
- מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔הmitnakerahverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · feminine singulartagged: acting as a stranger
Now 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?”
- וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyakirehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he recognized him
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
- וַיַּכֵּ֤רvaiyakerHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he recognized
Ezra
one use
The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.
- מַכִּירִים֙makirimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: recognizing
Nehemiah
two uses
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- וָאַכִּ֕ירָהvaakirahHc/Vhw1cs/Shtagged: and I recognized
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
- מַכִּירִ֖יםmakirimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: knowing
Job
eight uses
When 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.
- הִכִּירֻ֔הוּhikiruhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they recognized him
It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
- אַכִּ֬ירʾakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I recognized
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
- יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּyakirenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will acknowledge him
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
- תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃tenakeruverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: do you recognize
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- הִכִּ֥ירוּhikiruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they pay regard to
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
- יַ֝כִּ֗ירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is acquainted with
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- נִכַּר־nikar-verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he regards
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- יַ֭כִּירyakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is acquainted with
Psalms
two uses
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
- יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּyakirenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will recognize it
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- מַ֫כִּ֥ירmakirverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: recognizes
Proverbs
four uses
Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
- יִתְנַכֶּר־yitnaker-verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he makes himself known
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- הַֽכֵּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to pay regard to
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- יִנָּכֵ֣רyinakherverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disguises himself
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- הַֽכֵּר־haker-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to pay regard to
Isaiah
two uses
Their 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.
- יַכִּיר֔וּםyakirumverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will recognize them
Yet 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.
- יַכִּירָ֑נוּyakiranuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: he acknowledges us
Jeremiah
two uses
because 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.
- וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּvaynakeruHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they have treated as foreign
“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.
- אַכִּ֞ירʾakirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will regard
Lamentations
one use
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
- נִכְּר֖וּnikeruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are recognized
Daniel
one use
He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
- יַכִּ֖ירhikirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acknowledges
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.