Hebrew word study

נָכַרnâkar properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at

Pronounced “naw-kar'

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)

Translated in the King James as: acknowledge, could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).

Appears 49 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 10×
Genesis 27:23Genesis 31:32Genesis 37:32Genesis 37:33Genesis 38:25Genesis 38:26Genesis 42:7Genesis 42:8+ 2 more in Genesis
Deuteronomy 5×
Deuteronomy 1:17Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 21:17Deuteronomy 32:27Deuteronomy 33:9
Judges 1×
Judges 18:3
Ruth 3×
Ruth 2:10Ruth 2:19Ruth 3:14
1 Samuel 2×
1 Sam 23:71 Sam 26:17
2 Samuel 1×
2 Sam 3:36
1 Kings 4×
1 Ki 14:51 Ki 14:61 Ki 18:71 Ki 20:41
Ezra 1×
Ezra 3:13
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 6:12Nehemiah 13:24
Job 8×
Job 2:12Job 4:16Job 7:10Job 21:29Job 24:13Job 24:17Job 34:19Job 34:25
Psalms 2×
Psalms 103:16Psalms 142:4
Proverbs 4×
Proverbs 20:11Proverbs 24:23Proverbs 26:24Proverbs 28:21
Isaiah 2×
Isaiah 61:9Isaiah 63:16
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 19:4Jeremiah 24:5
Lamentations 1×
Lam 4:8
Daniel 1×
Daniel 11:39

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