נָכַר nakhar

Hebrew word for “to recognize” · Strong’s H5234 · used 49 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard;

Senses in the lexicon

• to recognize (42)
• to alienate (7)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nakhar in context, with how often each is used:

• recognized 15
• pay regard to 4
• investigate 3
• will pay regard to 2
• will acknowledge 2
• acquainted with 2
• will recognize 2
• acknowledges 2
• one who paid regard to 1
• paid regard 1
• recognizing 1
• recognized ! 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 37 (2), Genesis 38 (2), Genesis 42 (2), Ruth 2 (2), 1 Kings 14 (2), Job 24 (2), Job 34 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Genesis 31 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1)

Forms

• הכר 5
• יכיר 5
• הכירו 4
• ויכר 4
• יכירנו 3
• מכירים 2
• אכיר 2
• נכר 2
• מתנכרה 2
• ויכירה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nakhar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קוֹל qol “voice” 6
• יָדַע yada “to know” 7
• זֶה zeh “this” 7
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 6
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 5
• אָח ach “brother” 5
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 5
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 4
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 4
• עִם im “with” 5
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 4
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 3

Key verses

The verses using nakhar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 1:17 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 16:19 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 32:27 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 33:9 — 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…
• Job 2:12 — 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…
• Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
• Job 34:19 — 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.
• Psalms 142:4 — 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 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
• Proverbs 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
• Isaiah 63:16 — Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from…
• Jeremiah 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known,…

See all 47 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.