Strong H5234H5234Bנָכַר

to alienate

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5234

Transliteration
nâkar
Pronunciation
naw-kar'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to alienate

Exact lexical definition: act as foreign

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ 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

General definition

A primitive root; properly to {scrutinize} that {is} look intently at; hence (with recognition {implied}) to {acknowledge} be acquainted {with} care {for} respect 6
{revere} or (with suspicion {implied}) to {disregard} ignore 6
be strange {toward} reject 6
{resign} dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning): - {acknowledge} X {could} {deliver} {discern} {dissemble} {estrange} feign self to be {another} {know} take knowledge ({notice}) {perceive} {regard} (have) {respect} behave (make) self strange (-ly).

In the Bible

Strong H5234B appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • another2
  • behave1
  • deliver1
  • dissembleth1
  • estrange1
  • make1

First verses

  1. Genesis 42:7
    And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
  2. 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 the Lord hath not done all this.
  3. 1 Samuel 23:7
    And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
  4. 1 Kings 14:5
    And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
  5. 1 Kings 14:6
    And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
  6. Proverbs 26:24
    He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
  7. 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, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
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