Strong's H5234 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: נָכַר (nâkar)

Pronunciation: naw-kar'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

Definition: 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 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)

Senses

1. to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard
   1. (Niphal) to be recognised
   2. (Piel) to regard
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to regard, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, notice
      2. to recognise (as formerly known), perceive
      3. to be willing to recognise or acknowledge, acknowledge with honour
      4. to be acquainted with
      5. to distinguish, understand
   4. (Hithpael) to make oneself known
2. to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue
   1. (Niphal) to disguise oneself
   2. (Piel)
      1. to treat as foreign (profane)
      2. to misconstrue
   3. (Hithpael)
      1. to act as alien
      2. to disguise oneself

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