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Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5234 - Discern

Strong's No.:H5234

Hebrew:נָכַר

Transliteration:nâkar

Phonetic:naw-kar'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{acknowledge} X-(idiom) {could} {deliver} {discern} {dissemble} {estrange} feign self to be {another} {know} take knowledge ({notice}) {perceive} {regard} (have) {respect} behave (make) self strange (-ly).

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to {scrutinize} that {is} 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)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard

a. (Niphal) to be recognised

b. (Piel) to regard

c. (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

d. (Hithpael) to make oneself known

2. to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue

a. (Niphal) to disguise oneself

b. (Piel)

1. to treat as foreign (profane)

2. to misconstrue

c. (Hithpael)

1. to act as alien

2. to disguise oneself


Bible References:
Discern

Translation
Occurrences:
acknowledge ( 6 )
acknowledged ( 1 )
another ( 1 )
could ( 1 )
delivered ( 1 )
Discern ( 4 )
discerned ( 2 )
dissembleth ( 1 )
estranged ( 1 )
knew ( 8 )
know ( 8 )
knoweth ( 1 )
knowledge ( 2 )
known ( 2 )
notice ( 1 )
perceived ( 1 )
regardeth ( 1 )
respect ( 4 )
strange ( 1 )
strangely ( 1 )
woman ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.