And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
And Ioſeph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
אָח , masculine noun, ʾah — a brother (value 9)
H251,
אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.brother
brother of same parents
half-brother (same father)
relative, kinship, same tribe
each to the other (reciprocal relationship)
(fig.) of resemblance
Used in 572 Verses, 33 Books 628  Occurrence Count
אֵת , particle, ʾeyt — untranslatable mark of the accusative case (value 401)
H853,
אֵת ʼêth, ayth; apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):—[as such unrepresented in English].sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative
Used in 6780 Verses, 39 Books 10904  Occurrence Count
הֵם , third person plural masculine personal pronoun, heym — they (value 45)
H1992,
הֵם hêm, haym; or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh; masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic):—it, like, × (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, × so, × such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.they, these, the same, who
Used in 522 Verses, 35 Books 559  Occurrence Count
יוֹסֵף , proper masculine noun, yoseyf — "he increases", a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites (value 156)
H3130,
יוֹסֵף Yôwçêph, yo-safe'; future of H3254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites:—Joseph. Compare H3084.Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies
a son of Asaph
a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah
Used in 193 Verses, 16 Books 213  Occurrence Count
לֹא , adverb, loʾ — not (value 31)
H3808,
לֹא lôʼ, lo; or לוֹא lôwʼ; or לֹה lôh; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; + not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles:—× before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.not, no
not (with verb - absolute prohibition)
not (with modifier - negation)
nothing (subst)
without (with particle)
before (of time)
Used in 3966 Verses, 39 Books 5186  Occurrence Count
נָכַר , verb, nakhar — to regard, recognize (value 270)
H5234,
נָכַר nâkar, naw-kar'; a primitive root; 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):—acknowledge, × could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard
(Niphal) to be recognised
(Piel) to regard
(Hiphil)
to regard, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, notice
to recognise (as formerly known), perceive
to be willing to recognise or acknowledge, acknowledge with honour
to be acquainted with
to distinguish, understand
(Hithpael) to make oneself known
to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue
(Niphal) to disguise oneself
(Piel)
to treat as foreign (profane)
to misconstrue
(Hithpael)
to act as alien
to disguise oneself
Used in 47 Verses, 16 Books 48  Occurrence Count
| Genesis 42:8Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| וַיַּכֵּ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶת־אֶחָ֑יו וְהֵ֖ם לֹ֥א הִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃ |
| Verse #1261 (Ch. #42) — 7 words, 24 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| And Joseph |
H3130yoseyf |
יוֹסֵף |
156 |
| knew |
H5234nakhar |
נָכַר |
270 |
| his brethren, |
H251ʾah |
אָח |
9 |
| but they knew not him. |
H5234nakhar |
נָכַר |
270 |
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