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נָכַר H5234

H5234 is the Hebrew word נָכַר, transliterated nâkar and said naw-kar'. The King James Version most often renders it knew.

Word: נָכַרTransliteration: nâkarSaid: naw-kar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 45 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 31 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

knew 6×acknowledge 6×respect 4×know 3×discerned 2×discern 2×could not discern 2×known 2×knew it 1×acknowledged 1×made himself strange 1×should behave themselves strangely 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: 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).

Verses using נָכַר

The first 40 of 45 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 27:23 · KJV

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

Genesis 31:32 · KJV

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

Genesis 37:32 · KJV

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

Genesis 37:33 · KJV

And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

Genesis 38:25 · KJV

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

Genesis 38:26 · KJV

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Genesis 42:7 · KJV

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Genesis 42:8 · KJV

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Deuteronomy 1:17 · KJV

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 16:19 · KJV

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 21:17 · KJV

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deuteronomy 32:27 · KJV

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

Deuteronomy 33:9 · KJV

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

Judges 18:3 · KJV

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

Ruth 2:10 · KJV

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Ruth 2:19 · KJV

And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

Ruth 3:14 · KJV

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

1 Samuel 23:7 · KJV

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

1 Samuel 26:17 · KJV

And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

2 Samuel 3:36 · KJV

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

1 Kings 14:5 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

1 Kings 14:6 · KJV

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

1 Kings 18:7 · KJV

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

1 Kings 20:41 · KJV

And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

Ezra 3:13 · KJV

So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Nehemiah 6:12 · KJV

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Nehemiah 13:24 · KJV

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

Job 2:12 · KJV

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Job 4:16 · KJV

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Job 21:29 · KJV

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

Job 24:13 · KJV

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Job 24:17 · KJV

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 34:19 · KJV

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Job 34:25 · KJV

Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Psalm 142:4 · KJV

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Proverbs 20:11 · KJV

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Proverbs 24:23 · KJV

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 26:24 · KJV

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Proverbs 28:21 · KJV

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Isaiah 61:9 · KJV

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5234 mean?

H5234 is the Hebrew word נָכַר (nâkar), meaning 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).

How is H5234 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it knew (6 times), acknowledge (6 times), respect (4 times), know (3 times), discerned (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5234 appear in the Bible?

נָכַר (nâkar) is tagged in 45 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5234 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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