נָכַר (na.khar) means “to recognize” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: naw-kar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
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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
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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 glosses: 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).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| recognized | 5 |
| recognize him | 2 |
| to show partiality | 2 |
| a foreign | 1 |
| accept | 1 |
| acknowledge him | 1 |
| acknowledge us | 1 |
| attends | 1 |
| but could | 1 |
| but he treated them as strangers | 1 |
| could recognize her | 1 |
| discern | 1 |
| disguised | 1 |
| disguises himself | 1 |
| distinguish | 1 |
| examine it | 1 |
| examine them | 1 |
| favor | 1 |
| has delivered | 1 |
| he must acknowledge | 1 |
| he recognized them | 1 |
| he recognizes | 1 |
| his father recognized it | 1 |
| i realized | 1 |
| i regard | 1 |
| is known | 1 |
| knowing | 1 |
| misunderstand | 1 |
| or show partiality | 1 |
| recognize job | 1 |
| recognized the items | 1 |
| remembers him | 1 |
| remembers it | 1 |
| see | 1 |
| show no partiality | 1 |
| that you should take notice of me | 1 |
| they are friends with | 1 |
| took note | 1 |
| when obadiah recognized him | 1 |
| who noticed you | 1 |
| will acknowledge | 1 |
| will be disguised | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| know | 3 |
| another | 2 |
| discern | 2 |
| knew | 2 |
| to have respect | 2 |
| acknowledge | 1 |
| acknowledged | 1 |
| and could | 1 |
| and do ye not know | 1 |
| and he discerned | 1 |
| and he knew | 1 |
| and he knew it | 1 |
| and knew | 1 |
| and lo i perceived | 1 |
| be he that did take knowledge | 1 |
| but he shall acknowledge | 1 |
| but i could not discern | 1 |
| but they knew | 1 |
| could know | 1 |
| could not discern | 1 |
| discerned | 1 |
| dissembleth | 1 |
| hath delivered | 1 |
| him and he knew | 1 |
| him neither did he acknowledge | 1 |
| is known | 1 |
| me and have estranged | 1 |
| no man that would know | 1 |
| nor regardeth | 1 |
| should behave themselves strangely | 1 |
| so will i acknowledge | 1 |
| that thou shouldest take knowledge | 1 |
| them but made himself strange | 1 |
| them shall acknowledge | 1 |
| therefore he knoweth | 1 |
| thereof shall know | 1 |
| they are not known | 1 |
| they knew | 1 |
| they know | 1 |
| thou shalt not respect | 1 |
| took notice | 1 |
| whom he shall acknowledge | 1 |
| ye shall not respect | 1 |
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Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Read word by wordIf 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.”
Read word by wordHis father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
Read word by wordAs 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?”
Read word by wordJudah 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Read word by wordShow 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.”
Read word by wordDo 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.
Read word by wordInstead, 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.
Read word by wordif 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.’”
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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?”
Read word by wordAt 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?”
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordWhen 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.”
Read word by wordThen Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
Read word by wordAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
Read word by wordBut 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.”
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordNow 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?”
Read word by wordThen the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordI realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Read word by wordHalf of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordIt stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
Read word by wordHe never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
Read word by wordHave you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
Read word by wordThen there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Read word by wordFor to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Read word by wordwho is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Read word by wordTherefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
Read word by wordwhen the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Read word by wordLook to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 142.5
Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Read word by wordThese also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Read word by wordA hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Read word by wordTo show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Read word by wordTheir 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.
Read word by wordYet 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.
Read word by wordbecause 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordHe 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.
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