To recognize
נָכַרStrong’s H5234nakhar (na-khar)
Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nakhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “recognized”, “investigate” and “recognized him”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.”
Meaning
- To recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard(Niphal) to be recognised · (Piel) to regard · (Hiphil) · (Hithpael) to make oneself known
- To act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue(Niphal) to disguise oneself · (Piel) · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- and he recognized 4
- investigate 3
- they recognized him 2
- you will pay regard to 2
- he recognized 2
- he is acquainted with 2
- to pay regard to 2
- he recognized him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 8
- Job 8
- Deuteronomy 5
- 1 Kings 4
- Proverbs 4
- Ruth 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
- Genesis 31:32With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
- Genesis 37:32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
- Genesis 37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
- Genesis 38:25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Genesis 38:26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
All 47 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נָכַר nakhar · 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
נָכַר nakhar · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “recognize” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RECOGNIZE, verb transitive
rec'onize. [Latin recognosco; re and cognosco, to know. The g in these words has properly no sound in English.]
- To recollect or recover the knowledge of, either with an avowal of that knowledge or not.
- To review; to re-examine.
All definitions and other forms of “recognize”
REC'OGNIZE, verb intransitive
To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal. A B recognized in the sum of twenty pounds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.