# H5234 נָכַר

נָכַר (nâkar), Strong’s H5234: properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with… KJV…

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*nâkar* — properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with…

KJV: acknowledge, [idiom] could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be…

Occurs 49 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [נכר] vb. denom. act or treat as foreign, or strange; disguise, misconstrue
- Niph. with his lips a hater disguiseth himself
- Pi. and they have treated this place as foreign
- Hithp. he acted as a stranger toward them
- נָכַר vb
- [נָכַר] vb. (not Qal) regard, recognize
- Niph. they are not recognized
- Pi. he regardeth not the opulent above the poor
- Hiph.
- 1 regard, observe, esp. with a view to recognition
- 2 Recognize (as formerly known)
- 3 Be willing to recognize, acknowledge
- 4 Be acquianted with
- 5 Distinguish, understand
- Hithp. Impf by his deeds a youth maketh himself known, whether his doing be pure, etc.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 27:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=23) — He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
- [Genesis 31:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=32) — Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For…
- [Genesis 37:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=32) — They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it…
- [Genesis 37:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=33) — He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in…
- [Genesis 38:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=25) — When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also…
- [Genesis 38:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=26) — Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew…
- [Genesis 42:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=7) — Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He…
- [Genesis 42:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=8) — Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
- [Deuteronomy 1:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/1?v=17) — You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the…
- [Deuteronomy 16:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=19) — You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes…