Strong's Lexicon nakar: To recognize, to discern, to acknowledge, to regard as foreign or strange Original Word: נָכַר Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1921 (epiginōskō): To recognize, to know fully - G1097 (ginōskō): To know, to understand Usage: The Hebrew verb "nakar" primarily conveys the idea of recognizing or discerning something or someone. It can also imply acknowledging or regarding something as foreign or strange. This verb is used in various contexts, including the recognition of people, understanding situations, or discerning between right and wrong. It often involves a deeper level of perception or understanding, beyond mere surface observation. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the ability to discern or recognize was highly valued, especially in contexts of justice, leadership, and worship. The concept of discernment was crucial for maintaining the covenant relationship with God, as it involved recognizing His will and distinguishing between holy and profane. The verb "nakar" reflects the importance of perception and understanding in maintaining social and religious order. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to regard, recognize NASB Translation able (1), acknowledge (3), acknowledges (1), discern (1), distinguish (1), distinguishes (1), examine (1), examine and see (1), examined (1), familiar (1), know (2), knows (1), partial* (1), partiality* (3), perceived (1), point (1), recognize (7), recognized (8), regard (1), regards (2), show (3), take notice (1), took note (1), took notice (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [נָכַר] verb (not Qal) regard, recognize (Late Hebrew Hiph`il know, be acquainted with; ᵑ7 Aph`el id.; Syriac Aph`el Niph`al Perfect3masculine plural לֹא נִכְּרוּ Lamentations 4:8 they are not recognized. Pi`el Perfect לֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑ל Job 34:19 he regardeth not the opulent above the poor ("" לֹאנָֿשָׂא מְּנֵי שָׂרִים); Imperfect לֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּ Job 21:29 do ye not recognize their tokens. Hiph`il Perfect הִכִּיר Deuteronomy 33:9; Daniel 11:39 Kt; suffix הִכִּירוֺ Genesis 27:23; 3plural הִכִּירוּ Judges 18:3 2t., suffix הִכִּירֻהוּ Job 2:12, הִכִּרֻהוּ Genesis 42:8; Imperfect יַכִּיר Deuteronomy 21:17 3t. + Daniel 11:39 Qr; וַיַּכֵּר Genesis 38:26 +; suffix וַיַּכִּרֵ֫הוּ 1 Kings 18:7, יַכִּירֶ֫נּוּ Job 7:10, וַיַּכִּירָהּ Genesis 37:33, etc.; Imperative ַהכֶּרֿ Genesis 31:32 2t.; Infinitive absolute הֵַכּרֿ (Ginsb van d. H. ַהכֶּרֿ) Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; construct suffix הַכִּירֵנִי Ruth 2:10; Participle מַכִּיר Psalm 142:5, suffix מַכִּירֵךְ Ruth 2:19, etc.; — 1 regard, observe, especially with a view to recognition, with object clause, Genesis 31:32; Genesis 37:32; Genesis 38:25; pay attention to, with accusative of person Ruth 2:10,19; accusative of thing (of God) Job 34:25; accusative of thing omitted 2 Samuel 3:36; ׳י subject כֵּן אַכִּיר ֗֗֗ לְטוֺבָה Jeremiah 24:5 so will I regard the exiles ... for good; Antiochus subject Daniel 11:39; הִכִּיר מָּנִים pay regard to (shew partiality, = ׳נָשָׂא מְּנֵי פ) Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19 ("" הִטָּה מִשְׁמָּט), Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21. 2 Recognize (as formerly known) with accusative of person or thing, Genesis 27:23; Genesis 37:33; Genesis 38:26 (all J), Genesis 42:7,8 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 20:41; Job 2:12; proverb. בְּטֶרֶם יַכִּיר אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ Ruth 3:14 before a man could recognize his fellow (i.e. before dawn); recognize voice (קוֺל), Judges 18:3; 1 Samuel 26:17; = perceive the true situation, וָאַכִּירָה וְהִנֵּה Nehemiah 6:12 and I perceived, and lo! God had not sent him. 3 Be willing to recognize, acknowledge Deuteronomy 21:17; Deuteronomy 33:9; Isaiah 63:16 ("" יָדַע), Psalm 142:5; acknowledge with honour Isaiah 61:9. 4 Be acquainted with, לֹא יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֺד מְקוֺמוֺ Job 7:10 his place shall be acquainted with him no more (he shall be gone and forgotten), compare Psalm 103:16; with accusative of thing Job 24:17. 5 Distinguish, understand, הִכִּיר קוֺל ֗֗֗ לְקוֺל Ezra 3:13 could not distinguish, etc.; compare Job 4:16 could not distinguish its appearance; הִכִּיר לְדַבֵּר Nehemiah 13:24 understand how to speak, etc. Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְנַכֶּרנָֿ֑עַר Proverbs 20:11 by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc. [נכר] verbdenominative act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue; — Niph`al Imperfect יִנָּכֵר Proverbs 26:24 with his lips a hater disguiseth himself (dissembles, speaks what is foreign to his thought). Pi`el Perfect נִכַּר 1 Samuel 23:7, but see below; Imperfect וַיְנַכְּרוּ Jeremiah 19:4 and they have treated this place as foreign (profane); יְנַכְּרוּ צָרֵהוּ Deuteronomy 32:27 lest their adversaries should misconstrue (it). — בְּיָדִי ׳נִכַּר אֹתוֺ א 1 Samuel 23:7 God hath alienated him into my hand, but improbable; ᵐ5 מָכַר (compare Judges 4:9) hath sold him, so Th Klo HPS (compare We); < סִכַּר (as Isaiah 19:4) Krochm Dr; Kit either of these; > סִגַּר Bu; Löhr either סִגַּר or סִכַּר. Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְנַכֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם Genesis 42:7 he acted as a stranger toward them; Participle feminine מִתְנַכֵּרָ֑ה 1 Kings 14:5,6 feign to be a stranger-woman. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another 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) -- 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). Forms and Transliterations אַכִּ֞יר אַכִּ֬יר אכיר הִכִּ֔יר הִכִּ֔ירוּ הִכִּ֥ירוּ הִכִּיר֔וֹ הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ הִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃ הַֽכֵּר־ הַֽכֶּר־ הַכֶּר־ הכיר הכירהו הכירו הכר־ הכרהו׃ וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּ וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּ וַיַּכִּרֵ֑ם וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙ וַיַּכֵּ֣ר וַיַּכֵּ֤ר וַיַּכֵּ֥ר וָאַכִּ֕ירָה ואכירה ויכירה ויכר ויכרהו ויכרם וינכרו ויתנכר יְנַכְּר֖וּ יִנָּכֵ֣ר יִתְנַכֶּר־ יַ֝כִּ֗יר יַ֭כִּיר יַכִּ֗יר יַכִּ֥יר יַכִּיר֔וּם יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ יַכִּירָ֑נוּ יַכִּ֖יר יכיר יכירום יכירנו ינכר ינכרו יתנכר־ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי להכירני מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃ מַ֫כִּ֥יר מַכִּירִ֖ים מַכִּירִים֙ מַכִּירֵ֖ךְ מכיר מכירים מכירך מתנכרה מתנכרה׃ נִכְּר֖וּ נִכַּ֨ר נִכַּר־ נכר נכר־ נכרו תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃ תַכִּ֖יר תַכִּ֨ירוּ תכיר תכירו תנכרו׃ ’ak·kîr ’akkîr akKir hak·ker- hak·kêr- hakker hakker- hakkêr- hik·kî·rōw hik·kî·rū hik·ki·ru·hū hik·kî·ru·hū hik·kîr hikKir hikkîr hikkiRo hikkîrōw hikKiru hikkîrū hikkiRuhu hikkiruhū hikkîruhū lə·hak·kî·rê·nî lehakkiReni ləhakkîrênî mak·kî·rêḵ mak·kî·rîm mak·kîr makKir makkîr makkiRech makkîrêḵ makkiRim makkîrîm miṯ·nak·kê·rāh mitnakkeRah miṯnakkêrāh nik·kar nik·kar- nik·kə·rū nikkar nikkar- nikkeRu nikkərū ṯak·kî·rū ṯak·kîr takKir ṯakkîr takKiru ṯakkîrū ṯə·nak·kê·rū tenakKeru ṯənakkêrū vaakKirah vaiyakKer vaiyakkiRah vaiyakkiRehu vaiyakkiRem vaiyitnakKer vaynakkeRu wā’akkîrāh wā·’ak·kî·rāh way·nak·kə·rū way·yak·kêr way·yak·kî·rāh way·yak·ki·rê·hū way·yak·ki·rêm way·yiṯ·nak·kêr waynakkərū wayyakkêr wayyakkîrāh wayyakkirêhū wayyakkirêm wayyiṯnakkêr yak·kî·rā·nū yak·kî·ren·nū yak·kî·rūm yak·kîr yakKir yakkîr yakkiRanu yakkîrānū yakkiRennu yakkîrennū yakkiRum yakkîrūm yə·nak·kə·rū yenakkeRu yənakkərū yin·nā·ḵêr yinnaCher yinnāḵêr yiṯ·nak·ker- yitnakker yiṯnakker-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 27:23 HEB: וְלֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔וֹ כִּֽי־ הָי֣וּ NAS: He did not recognize him, because KJV: And he discerned him not, because his hands INT: did not recognize because become Genesis 31:32 Genesis 37:32 Genesis 37:33 Genesis 38:25 Genesis 38:26 Genesis 42:7 Genesis 42:7 Genesis 42:8 Genesis 42:8 Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 21:17 Deuteronomy 32:27 Deuteronomy 33:9 Judges 18:3 Ruth 2:10 Ruth 2:19 Ruth 3:14 1 Samuel 23:7 1 Samuel 26:17 2 Samuel 3:36 1 Kings 14:5 1 Kings 14:6 1 Kings 18:7 49 Occurrences |
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id.; compare also Arabic 
in sense be shrewd, cunning); **Arabic 
be shrewd, apparently rare, compare 
cunning Lane2850a. — 
