זָכַר
to remember
also: recall, call to mind fuller range ↓
H2142
Strong's Hebrew
zâkar
Transliteration
/zaw-kar'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
235
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to remember, recall, call to mind
- (Qal) to remember, recall
- (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to remember, remind
- to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
- to mention
- to record
- to make a memorial, make remembrance
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘human subj.’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to remember’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be brought to remembrance’
Form
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 56 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 40 times (17%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 13 times (6%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 13 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 9 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 9 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 9 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute 8 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 8 times (3%)
+48 more forms (126 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 235 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 9 verses
- Genesis 8:1 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 9:15 וְ/זָכַרְתִּ֣י conj + Qal wpf 1cs and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:16 לִ/זְכֹּר֙ prep + Qal inf.cs The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 19:29 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- Genesis 30:22 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 40:14 זְכַרְתַּ֣/נִי וְ/הִזְכַּרְתַּ֨/נִי֙ Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs conj + Hiphil wpf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
- Genesis 40:23 זָכַ֧ר Qal pf 3ms Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
- Genesis 41:9 מַזְכִּ֥יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
- Genesis 42:9 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."
Exodus 8 verses
- Exodus 2:24 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 6:5 וָ/אֶזְכֹּ֖ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
- Exodus 13:3 זָכ֞וֹר Qal inf.abs Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 20:8 זָכ֛וֹר Qal inf.abs "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exodus 20:24 אַזְכִּ֣יר Hiphil impf 1cs You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
- Exodus 23:13 תַזְכִּ֔ירוּ Hiphil impf 2mp "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
- Exodus 32:13 זְכֹ֡ר Qal impv 2ms Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
- Exodus 34:19 תִּזָּכָ֔ר Niphal impf 3fs All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 26:42 וְ/זָכַרְתִּ֖י אֶזְכֹּ֖ר אֶזְכֹּֽר conj + Qal wpf 1cs Qal impf 1cs Qal impf 1cs then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
- Leviticus 26:45 וְ/זָכַרְתִּ֥י conj + Qal wpf 1cs but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.'"
Numbers 5 verses
- Numbers 5:15 מַזְכֶּ֥רֶת Hiphil ptcp.act fs then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.
- Numbers 10:9 וֲ/נִזְכַּרְתֶּ֗ם conj + Niphal wpf 2mp When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 11:5 זָכַ֨רְנוּ֙ Qal pf 1cp We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
- Numbers 15:39 וּ/זְכַרְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
- Numbers 15:40 תִּזְכְּר֔וּ Qal impf 2mp that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
Deuteronomy 14 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:15 וְ/זָכַרְתָּ֗ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
- Deuteronomy 7:18 זָכֹ֣ר תִּזְכֹּ֗ר Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 8:2 וְ/זָכַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:18 וְ/זָֽכַרְתָּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:7 זְכֹר֙ Qal impv 2ms Remember, don't forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 9:27 זְכֹר֙ Qal impv 2ms Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
- Deuteronomy 15:15 וְ/זָכַרְתָּ֗ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 תִּזְכֹּר֔ Qal impf 2ms You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 16:12 וְ/זָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 24:9 זָכ֕וֹר Qal inf.abs Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came forth out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 24:18 וְ/זָכַרְתָּ֗ conj + Qal wpf 2ms but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 24:22 וְ/זָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 25:17 זָכ֕וֹר Qal inf.abs Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 32:7 זְכֹר֙ Qal impv 2ms Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 1:13 זָכוֹר֙ Qal inf.abs Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.
- Joshua 23:7 תַזְכִּ֨ירוּ֙ Hiphil impf 2mp that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 8:34 זָֽכְרוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
- Judges 9:2 וּ/זְכַרְתֶּ֕ם conj + Qal pf 2mp Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
- Judges 16:28 זָכְרֵ֣/נִי Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:11 וּ/זְכַרְתַּ֨/נִי֙ conj + Qal wpf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head.
- 1 Samuel 1:19 וַ/יִּֽזְכְּרֶ֖/הָ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
- 1 Samuel 4:18 כְּ/הַזְכִּיר֣/וֹ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Samuel 25:31 וְ/זָכַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:16 מַזְכִּֽיר Hiphil ptcp.act ms Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 14:11 יִזְכָּר Qal juss 3ms Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. He said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 הַזְכִּ֣יר Hiphil inf.cs Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.
- 2 Samuel 19:19 תִּזְכֹּ֗ר Qal juss 2ms He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
- 2 Samuel 20:24 הַ/מַּזְכִּֽיר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 4:3 הַ/מַּזְכִּֽיר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
- 1 Kings 17:18 לְ/הַזְכִּ֥יר prep + Hiphil inf.cs She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!
2 Kings 4 verses
- 2 Kings 9:25 זְכֹ֞ר Qal impv 2ms Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
- 2 Kings 18:18 הַ/מַּזְכִּֽיר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
- 2 Kings 18:37 הַ/מַּזְכִּ֛יר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
- 2 Kings 20:3 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
1 Chronicles 4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 16:4 וּ/לְ/הַזְכִּיר֙ conj + prep + Hiphil inf.cs He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 16:12 זִכְר֗וּ Qal impv 2mp Remember his marvelous works that he has done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 זִכְר֤וּ Qal impv 2mp Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- 1 Chronicles 18:15 מַזְכִּֽיר Hiphil ptcp.act ms Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 6:42 זָכְרָ֕/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 זָכַ֞ר Qal pf 3ms Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 הַ/מַּזְכִּ֔יר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
Nehemiah 9 verses
- Nehemiah 1:8 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
- Nehemiah 4:14 זְכֹ֔רוּ Qal impv 2mp I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 5:19 זָכְרָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
- Nehemiah 6:14 זָכְרָ֧/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
- Nehemiah 9:17 זָכְר֤וּ Qal pf 3cp and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
- Nehemiah 13:14 זָכְרָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don't wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances of it.
- Nehemiah 13:22 זָכְרָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
- Nehemiah 13:29 זָכְרָ֥/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
- Nehemiah 13:31 זָכְרָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:1 זָכַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
- Esther 9:28 נִזְכָּרִ֨ים Niphal ptcp.pass mp and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their seed.
Job 10 verses
- Job 4:7 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
- Job 7:7 זְ֭כֹר Qal impv 2ms Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
- Job 10:9 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
- Job 11:16 תִזְכֹּֽר Qal impf 2ms For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,
- Job 14:13 וְ/תִזְכְּרֵֽ/נִי conj + Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Job 21:6 זָכַ֥רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
- Job 24:20 יִזָּכֵ֑ר Niphal impf 3ms The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 28:18 יִזָּכֵ֑ר Niphal impf 3ms No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Job 36:24 זְ֭כֹר Qal impv 2ms "Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
- Job 41:8 זְכֹ֥ר Qal impv 2ms Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
Psalms 51 verses
- Psalms 8:4 תִזְכְּרֶ֑/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him?
- Psalms 9:12 זָכָ֑ר Qal pf 3ms For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 20:3 יִזְכֹּ֥ר Qal impf 3ms Remember all your offerings, And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah.
- Psalms 20:7 נַזְכִּֽיר Hiphil impf 1cp Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Psalms 22:27 יִזְכְּר֤וּ Qal impf 3mp All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Psalms 25:6 זְכֹר Qal impv 2ms Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, For they are from old times.
- Psalms 25:7 תִּ֫זְכֹּ֥ר זְכָר Qal juss 2ms Qal impv 2ms Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, For your goodness' sake, Yahweh.
- Psalms 38:1 לְ/הַזְכִּֽיר prep + Hiphil inf.cs Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
- Psalms 42:4 אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה Qal coh 1cs These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Psalms 42:6 אֶ֭זְכָּרְ/ךָ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, The heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
- Psalms 45:17 אַזְכִּ֣ירָה Hiphil coh 1cs I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
- Psalms 63:6 זְכַרְתִּ֥י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms When I remember you on my bed, And think about you in the night watches.
- Psalms 70:1 לְ/הַזְכִּֽיר prep + Hiphil inf.cs Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
- Psalms 71:16 אַזְכִּ֖יר Hiphil impf 1cs I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
- Psalms 74:2 זְכֹ֤ר Qal impv 2ms Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
- Psalms 74:18 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
- Psalms 74:22 זְכֹ֥ר Qal impv 2ms Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
- Psalms 77:3 אֶזְכְּרָ֣ה Qal coh 1cs I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
- Psalms 77:6 אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה Qal coh 1cs I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; My spirit diligently inquires:
- Psalms 77:11 אזכיר אֶזְכּ֥וֹר אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה Hiphil impf 1cs Qal impf 1cs Qal coh 1cs I will remember Yah's deeds; For I will remember your wonders of old.
- Psalms 78:35 וַֽ֭/יִּזְכְּרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer.
- Psalms 78:39 וַ֭/יִּזְכֹּר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
- Psalms 78:42 זָכְר֥וּ Qal pf 3cp They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Psalms 79:8 תִּזְכָּר Qal juss 2ms Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, For we are in desperate need.
- Psalms 83:4 יִזָּכֵ֖ר Niphal impf 3ms "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
- Psalms 87:4 אַזְכִּ֤יר Hiphil impf 1cs I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."
- Psalms 88:5 זְכַרְתָּ֣/ם Qal pf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
- Psalms 89:47 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
- Psalms 89:50 זְכֹ֣ר Qal impv 2ms Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
- Psalms 98:3 זָ֘כַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Psalms 103:14 זָ֝כ֗וּר Qal ptcp.act ms For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
- Psalms 103:18 וּ/לְ/זֹכְרֵ֥י conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs To those who keep his covenant, To those who remember to obey his precepts.
- Psalms 105:5 זִכְר֗וּ Qal impv 2mp Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
- Psalms 105:8 זָכַ֣ר Qal pf 3ms He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Psalms 105:42 זָ֭כַר Qal pf 3ms For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
- Psalms 106:4 זָכְרֵ֣/נִי Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,
- Psalms 106:7 זָ֭כְרוּ Qal pf 3cp Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 106:45 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Psalms 109:14 יִזָּכֵ֤ר Niphal impf 3ms Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- Psalms 109:16 זָכַר֮ Qal pf 3ms Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.
- Psalms 111:5 יִזְכֹּ֖ר Qal impf 3ms He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
- Psalms 115:12 זְכָרָ֪/נוּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
- Psalms 119:49 זְכֹר Qal impv 2ms Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.
- Psalms 119:52 זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.
- Psalms 119:55 זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.
- Psalms 132:1 זְכוֹר Qal impv 2ms Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
- Psalms 136:23 זָ֣כַר Qal pf 3ms Who remembered us in our low estate; For his loving kindness endures forever;
- Psalms 137:1 בְּ֝/זָכְרֵ֗/נוּ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cp By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Psalms 137:6 אֶ֫זְכְּרֵ֥/כִי Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; If I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Psalms 137:7 זְכֹ֤ר Qal impv 2ms Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, The day of Jerusalem; Who said, "Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!"
- Psalms 143:5 זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
Proverbs 1 verse
Ecclesiastes 4 verses
- Ecclesiastes 5:20 יִזְכֹּ֖ר Qal impf 3ms For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15 זָכַ֔ר Qal pf 3ms Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 11:8 וְ/יִזְכֹּר֙ conj + Qal juss 3ms Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1 וּ/זְכֹר֙ conj + Qal impv 2ms Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near, When you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 26 verses
- Isaiah 12:4 הַזְכִּ֕ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isaiah 17:10 זָכָ֑רְתְּ Qal pf 2fs For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength; therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set it with strange slips.
- Isaiah 19:17 יַזְכִּ֥יר Hiphil impf 3ms The land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom mention is made of it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Yahweh of Hosts, which he purposes against it.
- Isaiah 23:16 תִּזָּכֵֽרִי Niphal impf 2fs Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
- Isaiah 26:13 נַזְכִּ֥יר Hiphil impf 1cp Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us; but by you only will we make mention of your name.
- Isaiah 36:3 הַ/מַּזְכִּֽיר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
- Isaiah 36:22 הַ/מַּזְכִּ֛יר ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
- Isaiah 38:3 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms and said, Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- Isaiah 43:18 תִּזְכְּר֖וּ Qal juss 2mp Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.
- Isaiah 43:25 אֶזְכֹּֽר Qal impf 1cs I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Isaiah 43:26 הַזְכִּירֵ֕/נִי Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified.
- Isaiah 44:21 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me.
- Isaiah 46:8 זִכְרוּ Qal impv 2mp Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.
- Isaiah 46:9 זִכְר֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
- Isaiah 47:7 זָכַ֖רְתְּ Qal pf 2fs You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
- Isaiah 48:1 יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ Hiphil impf 3mp Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
- Isaiah 49:1 הִזְכִּ֥יר Hiphil pf 3ms Listen, isles, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
- Isaiah 54:4 תִזְכְּרִי Qal impf 2fs Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you remember no more.
- Isaiah 57:11 זָכַ֔רְתְּ Qal pf 2fs Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?
- Isaiah 62:6 הַ/מַּזְכִּרִים֙ ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act mp I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
- Isaiah 63:7 אַזְכִּיר֙ Hiphil impf 1cs I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh, [and] the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Isaiah 63:11 וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
- Isaiah 64:5 יִזְכְּר֑וּ/ךָ Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 2ms You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
- Isaiah 64:9 תִּזְכֹּ֣ר Qal impf 2ms Don't be angry very sore, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
- Isaiah 65:17 תִזָּכַ֨רְנָה֙ Niphal impf 3fp For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Isaiah 66:3 מַזְכִּ֥יר Hiphil ptcp.act ms He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Jeremiah 15 verses
- Jeremiah 2:2 זָכַ֤רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
- Jeremiah 3:16 יִזְכְּרוּ Qal impf 3mp It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
- Jeremiah 4:16 הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ Hiphil impv 2mp make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 11:19 יִזָּכֵ֥ר Niphal impf 3ms But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Jeremiah 14:10 יִזְכֹּ֣ר Qal impf 3ms Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
- Jeremiah 14:21 זְכֹ֕ר Qal impv 2ms Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.
- Jeremiah 15:15 זָכְרֵ֤/נִי Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
- Jeremiah 17:2 כִּ/זְכֹּ֤ר prep + Qal inf.cs while their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills.
- Jeremiah 18:20 זְכֹ֣ר Qal impv 2ms Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 20:9 אֶזְכְּרֶ֗/נּוּ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't [contain].
- Jeremiah 23:36 תִזְכְּרוּ Qal impf 2ms The burden of Yahweh shall you mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Yahweh of Hosts our God.
- Jeremiah 31:20 זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖/נּוּ Qal inf.abs Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 31:34 אֶזְכָּר Qal impf 1cs and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
- Jeremiah 44:21 זָכַ֣ר Qal pf 3ms The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn't Yahweh remember them, and didn't it come into his mind?
- Jeremiah 51:50 זִכְר֤וּ Qal impv 2mp You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Lamentations 6 verses
- Lamentations 1:7 זָֽכְרָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
- Lamentations 1:9 זָֽכְרָה֙ Qal pf 3fs Her filthiness was in her skirts; she didn't remember her latter end; Therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: See, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.
- Lamentations 2:1 זָכַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- Lamentations 3:19 זְכָר Qal impv 2ms Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
- Lamentations 3:20 זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר Qal inf.abs Qal impf 3fs My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
- Lamentations 5:1 זְכֹ֤ר Qal impv 2ms Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.
Ezekiel 20 verses
- Ezekiel 3:20 תִזָּכַ֗רְןָ Niphal impf 3fp Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 6:9 וְ/זָכְר֨וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:22 זכרתי זָכַ֖רְתְּ Qal pf 2fs Qal pf 2fs In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood.
- Ezekiel 16:43 זכרתי זָכַרְתְּ֙ Qal pf 2fs Qal pf 2fs Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:60 וְ/זָכַרְתִּ֨י conj + Qal wpf 1cs Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
- Ezekiel 16:61 וְ/זָכַ֣רְתְּ conj + Qal wpf 2fs Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder [sisters] and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
- Ezekiel 16:63 תִּזְכְּרִי֙ Qal impf 2fs that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:22 יִזָּכְר֖וּ Niphal impf 3mp None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.
- Ezekiel 18:24 תִזָּכַ֔רְנָה Niphal impf 3fp But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
- Ezekiel 20:43 וּ/זְכַרְתֶּם conj + Qal wpf 2mp There shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
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At its core, זכר (zâkar) means “to remember.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 8:1. It appears 223 verses across 32 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 3 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. It clusters with אזכרה, זכור and זכר under a shared root. Dig into 223-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's · 1890
[idiom] burn
Modern gloss
to remember
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H2142 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 223
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 223 distinct verses.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #200
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 200 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 94 verses · 42%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 91 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 38 verses · 17%
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Remember 71×, Remembered 13×, Recorder 7×
- American Standard Version†: Remember 63×, Remembered 10×, Thou shalt remember 8×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Remember 73×, Be remembered 8×, Recorder 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Remember 75×, Remembered 13×, Be remembered 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2142 across 235† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2142 across 232† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2142 across 227† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 61 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
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Renders H2142 across 285† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
53 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 53 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
זכר I remember (Assyrian zikâru, name, mention, cf. n. zikru, Hptin KAT2Gloss. i LyonSarg
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ז׳ Gn 40:23 +; 3 fs. זָֽכְרָה La 1:7, 9; 2 ms. וְזָכַרְתָּ֫ Dt 5:15 +; sf. זְכַרְתַּנִי Gn 40:14 cf. 1 S 1:11, זְכַרְתָּם ψ 86:6; 2 fs. זָכַרְתְּ Is 47:7; 57:11 cf. 17:10 + Ez 16:22, 43 Qr (both Kt זכרתי), וְזָכַרְתְּ consec. Ez 16:61; 3 pl. זָֽכְרוּ Ju 8:34 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִזְכֹּר Ho 8:13 +; יִזְכָּר־ 2 S 14:11 Pr 31:7; וַיִּזְכֹּר Gn 8:1 +; sf. וַיִּזְכְּרֶהָ 1 S 1:19; 2 fs. תִּזְכְּרִי Is 54:4 + 2 times; 1 s. אֶזְכֹּר Lv 26:42(×2) Is 43:25 (ψ 77:12 Qr v. infra), אֶזְכָּר־ Je 31:34, וָאֶזְכֹּר Ex 6:5; sf. 2 ms. אֶזְכָּרְךָ ψ 42:7, sf. 2 fs. אֶזְכְּרֵכִי ψ 137:6 (v. Ges§ 58, 3, R, 1 Sta§§ 356, a, 2, 634 a, 2), etc.; Imv. ms. זְכֹר Ex 32:13 +; זְכָר־ ψ 25:7 +; זָכְרָה Ne 6:14 +; sf. זָכְרֵנִי Ju 16:28 + 2 times; mpl. זִכְרוּ Is 46:9 +, זְכֹ֑רוּ Ne 4:8; Inf. abs. זָכוֹר Ex 13:3 +; זָכֹר Je 31:30 +; cstr. לִזְכֹּר Gn 9:16 Ez 23:19, etc.; sf. כְּזָכְרֵנִי ψ 137:1; Pt. act. pl. cstr. וּלְזֹכְרֵי ψ 103:18; זָכוּר ψ 103:14 v. infr.— e.g. Genesis 40:23
- I. human subj.
- 1. remember, recall, call to mind, usually as affecting present feeling, thought, or action:
- a. remember past experiences (acc.) Gn 42:9 (E), 2 K 9:25 absol. imv. זְכֹר; sq. cl. with מִי Jb 4:7; things formerly known (acc.) Je 17:2; sq. cl. with כִּי Ju 9:2; with implied regret, longing Nu 11:5 (JE), ψ 42:5; 137:1 La 1:7 cf. ψ 77:7, neg. 137:6 (‖ שׁכח v 5); †so (sq. בְּ) Je 3:16 (‖ עלה על לב and פקד). e.g. Genesis 42:9
- b. recall past distress, etc.; obj. not expressed, La 3:20 (זכור זכר), Jb 11:16 (שׁכה in ‖ cl.); neg., sq. acc. Is 54:4 (‖ שׁכח), Pr 31:7 (‖ id.). e.g. Lamentations 3:20
- c. remember sins, (1) to repent of them Dt 9:7 (+ אל־תשׁכח, sq. cl. with את־אשׁר), elsewhere only Ezek., usually c. acc. Ez 16:61 (+ וְנִכְלַמְתְּ), v 63 (obj. not expressed), 20:43; 36:21; (2) to renew and repeat them Ez 23:19, neg. v 27. e.g. Deuteronomy 9:7
- d. especially remember the dealings of י׳, expressed in great variety of terms in acc., Dt 7:18; 8:2; 24:9; 32:7 (‖ בין), Is 46:9; 63:11 ψ 77:12 Qr (Kt Hiph. q.v.) v 12; 105:5; 143:5 (‖ הגיתי, אֲשׂוֹחֵחַ) 1 Ch 16:12; negatively, Is 43:18 (‖ אַל תִּתְבֹּנָ֑נוּ), Ez 16:22, 43 ψ 78:42; 106:7 Ne 9:17 (‖ וַיְמָאֲנוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ); obj. cl. with כִּי especially D, Dt 5:15; 15:15; 16:12; 24:18, 22 ψ 78:35. e.g. Deuteronomy 7:18
- 2. remember persons (human subj.),
- a. to their advantage:—sq. acc. Gn 40:14 (E), v 23 (E; neg., ‖ שׁבח), 1 S 25:31. e.g. Genesis 40:14
- b. to make use of them (acc.) Na 2:6. e.g. Nahum 2:6
- c. their acts (acc.), to their advantage 2 Ch 24:22, to their disadvantage 2 S 19:20 (neg.); to take vengeance Dt 25:17. e.g. 2 Chronicles 24:22
- d. remember human obligations, acc. rei: בְּרִית אַחִים Am 1:9; cf. perhaps Est 2:1 (acc. pers. and also of deed); neg. Ec 9:15 (acc. pers.), ψ 109:16 (sq. עשׂזת חסד). e.g. Amos 1:9
- 3. remember י׳:
- a. call him to mind 2 S 14:11 (i.e. recall a specific command of his). e.g. 2 Samuel 14:11
- b. recall, and (especially) keep י׳ in mind Dt 8:18 Je 51:50 Is 64:4 (‖ עשׂה צדק), Ez 6:9 Zc 10:9 Jo 2:8 ψ 42:7; 63:7 (‖ אהגה), 77:4 Ne 4:8; negatively Ju 8:34 Is 17:10 (opp. שׁכח), 57:11 (‖ לֹא שַׂמְתְּ עַל־לִבֵּךְ); cf. also ז׳ אֶת־בּוֹרְאֶ֑ךָ Ec 12:1, and (no obj. expressed) ψ 22:28 (+ וישׁובו אל י׳); remember י׳’s name ψ 119:55. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:18
- 4. remember:
- a. words of Moses Jos 1:13 (D) Mal 3:22; י׳’s instructions through prophet Is 44:21; 46:48 (‖ השׁיבו על לב), also Mi 6:5 (sq. cl. with מה). e.g. Joshua 1:13
- b. commandments of י׳ (so as to do them) Nu 15:39 (P, or H), v 40 (P; + ועשׂיתם), ψ 103:18 (+ לעשׂותם), 119:52 (משׁפטים); his covenant 1 Ch 16:15. e.g. Numbers 15:39
- 5. think of or on, call to mind something present or future;—sq. acc., issue of conduct Is 47:7, La 1:9 (end of Jerusalem); fight with crocodile Jb 40:32; obj. a general truth, prosperity of wicked Jb 21:6 (obj. not expr.); (fleeting) days of life Ec 5:19; (coming) days of darkness, 11:8; a duty Jb 36:24 (sq. cl. with כִּי). e.g. Isaiah 47:7
- 6. remember a day, to observe, commemorate it:—day of Exodus Ex 13:3 (J) Dt 16:3; sabbath Ex 20:8 (E; ‖ שׂמר Dt 5:12). e.g. Exodus 13:3
- 7. remember, with implied mention of, obj. י׳ Je 20:9 (‖ דִּבֶּר בִּשְׁמוֹ); מַשָּׂא י׳ 23:36. e.g. Jeremiah 20:9
- 1. remember, recall, call to mind, usually as affecting present feeling, thought, or action:
- II. Subj. י׳ (אלהים).
- 1. remember persons:
- a. individuals, with kindness, granting requests, protecting, delivering etc., c. acc. pers., Gn 30:22 (E), 1 S 1:11 (opp. שׁכח), v 19, Ju 16:28 (sq. וְחַזְּקֵנִי); Je 15:15 (‖ פָּקְדֵנִי), ψ 106:4 (‖ id.), Jb 14:13 (+ תשׁית לי חק), also Gn 8:1 (P), 19:29 (P); neg. ψ 88:6 (‖ מידך נִגְזָר֑וּ); sq. לְ pers. ψ 25:7 (yet cf. Che); sq. acc. rei + לְ pers. (dat. commod.) Ne 5:19; 13:14, 22, 31. e.g. Genesis 30:22
- b. individuals, to punish, sq. לְ pers. Ne 6:14; 13:29. e.g. Nehemiah 6:14
- c. his servants, people, the afflicted, (graciously) sq. לְ Ex 32:13 (JE), Dt 9:27 ψ 136:23; sq. acc. ψ 9:13 (opp. שׁכח), 74:2; 115:12 (sq. יְבָרֵךְ); cf. Je 31:20 (זכור זכר). e.g. Exodus 32:13
- d. his land Lv 26:42 (H), and neg. La 2:1 (his footstool). e.g. Leviticus 26:42
- e. mankind ψ 8:5 (‖ פקד). e.g. Psalms 8:5
- 2.
- a. remember the distress of his servants, La 3:19 (sq. cl. with מה), 5:1 (‖ הַבִּיטָ֯ וּרְאֵה). e.g. Lamentations 3:19
- b. their devotion, acc., ψ 20:4 Je 2:2 (+ לְ pers.), ψ 132:1 (+ id.); sq. cl. with את אשׁר 2 K 20:3 = Is 38:3. e.g. Psalms 20:4
- c. their intercession Je 18:20 (sq. inf. c. sf.) e.g. Jeremiah 18:20
- 3.
- a. remember his own covenant (with them), acc., Gn 9:15, 16 Ex 2:24: 6:25 (all P), Lv 26:42(×2) (H, as also) v 45 (+ לְ pers.); Je 14:21 (+ אַל־תָּפֵר), Ez 16:60 ψ 105:8, cf. v 42 (obj. דְּבַר קָדְשׁוֹ), and 119:49 Ne 1:8, ψ 106:45 (+ לְ pers.), 111:5. e.g. Genesis 9:15
- b. his mercy, etc., acc., ψ 25:6; 98:3 2 Ch 6:42 (ל); also Hb 3:2. e.g. Psalms 25:6
- c. extenuating circumstances, sq. cl. with בִּי, Jb 7:7; 10:9 ψ 78:39; 103:14 (זָכוּר bethinketh him, Che, cf. De Kö§ 20, 14 BaNB 175); also ψ 89:48 (sq. אֲנִי + epex. cl. with מה). e.g. Job 7:7
- 4. remember sins, idolatries etc., sq. acc., Ho 7:2; 8:13 (‖ פקד), 9:9 (‖ id.), Je 14:10 (‖ id.); neg. Je 44:21 (‖ עלה על לבו), Is 43:25; 64:8 ψ 25:7; 79:8 (+ לְ pers.); sq. לְ Je 31:34; also (obj. reproach) ψ 74:18, 22; 89:51; and (obj. day of Jerusalem) ψ 137:7 (+ לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם, i.e. against them). e.g. Hosea 7:2
- 1. remember persons:
Niphal
- Pf. 2 mpl. consec. וְנִזְכַּרְתֶּם Nu 10:9; Impf. 3 ms. יִזָּכֵר Je 11:19 +; 3 fs. תִּזָּכֵר Ez 25:10, (תִּזָּכָר Ex 34:19 read הַזָּכָר v. זָכָר); 2 fs. תִּזָּכֵ֑רִי Is 23:16 Ez 21:37; 3 mpl. יִזָּֽכְדוּ Ho 2:19 +; 3 fpl. תִּזָּכַרְנָה Is 65:17 +; תִּזָּכַרְןָ Ez 3:20; Inf. cstr. sf. הִזָּכֶרְכֶם Ez 21:29 (om. 𝔖 Co); Pt. pl. נִזְכָּרִים Est 9:28.— e.g. Numbers 10:9
- 1. be brought to remembrance, remembered, thought of, usually c. neg.:—
- a. in general, subj. Baalim Ho 2:19 (+ בִּשְׁמָם), cf. Zc 13:2 (‖ אכרית); former heaven and earth Is 65:17 (‖ עלה על לב); (wicked) dead Jb 24:20 (‖ ישׁכחהו v a); coral (not to be thought of [others, be mentioned] in comparison with wisdom) Jb 28:18; of attention paid to Tyre under fig. of harlot Is 23:16 (opp. נשׁכחה). e.g. Hosea 2:19
- b. brought to י׳’s remembrance, subj. the people, (1) with gracious result Nu 10:9 (P; לפני י׳, ‖ וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם); (2) for judgment Ez 21:29 (om. 𝔖 Co). e.g. Numbers 10:9
- c. be remembered by י׳, neg. of deeds, as affecting י׳’s judgment, (1) righteous Ez 3:20; 18:24; 33:13 (sq. לְ of advantage, according to Co); (2) wicked 18:22 (sq. לְ, om. A B 𝔙 etc., Co) 33:16 (sq. לְ). e.g. Ezekiel 3:20
- d. be remembered אֶל־י׳ ψ 109:14 (‖ אַל־תִּמָּ֑ח). e.g. Psalms 109:14
- 2. neg. be not remembered = no longer exist, of name of Israel, as nation Je 11:19 (‖ נכרת), ψ 83:5 (‖ נַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי); of Ammonites Ez 21:37; 25:10. e.g. Jeremiah 11:19
- 3. be remembered, of particular days, in order to be observed, commemorated, Est 9:28 (sq. וְנַעֲשִׂים observe, celebrate). e.g. Esther 9:28
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִזְכִּיר Is 49:1; 2 ms. sf. 1 s. זְהִזְכַּרְתַּנִי consec. Gn 40:14; Impf. 3 ms. יַזְכִּיר Is 19:17; 1 s. אַזְכִּיר Ex 20:24 +, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. 1 s. הַזְכִּירֵנִי Is 43:26; mpl. הַזְכִּירוּ Is 12:4 Je 4:16; Inf. cstr. (ל)הַזְכִּיר 2 S 18:18 +; sf. 3 ms. כְּהַזְכִּירוֹ 1 S 4:18; sf. 2 mpl. הַזְכַּרְכֶם Ez 21:29 (cf. Sta§ 245 Kö§ 29, 11); Pt. מַזְכִּיר Gn 41:9 +, etc.; fs. מַזְכֶּרֶת Nu 5:15;— e.g. Isaiah 49:1
- 1. cause to remember, remind, c. acc. pers. Is 43:26. e.g. Isaiah 43:26
- 2. cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance, c. acc. rei, a person’s name 2 S 18:18 ψ 45:18; of י׳, causing his name to be remembered, by some token, Ex 20:24 (JE). e.g. 2 Samuel 18:18
- 3. mention,
- a. sq. acc. pers. Gn 40:14 (E; sq. אֶל־ pers.), י׳, = call upon Is 62:6, name of י׳ 26:13; 48:1; also on name of other gods, neg., Ex 23:13 (JE; ‖ יִשָּׁמַע); sq. בְּשֵׁם Am 6:10, cf. ψ 20:8 (De Che al. boast of, praise, 𝔊 μεγαλυνθησόμεθα, whence Hup Bae proposes נַגְבִּיר = we display strength), neg. Jos 23:7 (D; ‖ ולא תשׁביעו), so באלהי ישׂראל Is 48:1 (‖ הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים בְּשֵׁם). e.g. Genesis 40:14
- b. sq. acc. rei: faults Gn 41:9 (E), the ark 1 S 4:18, land of Judah Is 19:17, Rahab (= Egypt) ψ 87:4, works of י׳ ψ 77:12 (Kt, Qr Qal q.v.), his righteousness ψ 71:16, lovingkindness, Is 63:7; human love Ct 1:4; also in technical sense, apparently = accuse before God, always sq. עָוֹן, 1 K 17:18 Nu 5:15 (P) Ez 21:28 v 29 (sq. בְּהִגָּלוֹת פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם), 29:16. e.g. Genesis 41:9
- c. sq. cl., with כִּי Is 12:4; no conjunction Je 4:16 (לְ indir. obj.; ‖ הַשְׁמיעו). e.g. Isaiah 12:4
- d. abs. commemorate, praise 1 Ch 16:4 (לְהַז׳, appar. Levitical function, sq. ולהודות ולהלל ליהוה), so perhaps also לְהַזְכִּיר in titles ψ 38:1; 70:1 (others sub 5). e.g. 1 Chronicles 16:4
- 4. record, only pt. מַזְכִּיר as subst. (title of public officer) = recorder Rather, probably, the (king’s) reminder, who brought important business to his notice: cf. EwGesch. iii. 365, H. iii. 267 Ke 2 S 8:16 BenzArch. 310 NowArch. i. 308 Kit 1 K 4:3. 2 S 8:16; 20:24 1 K 4:3 2 K 18:18, 37 = Is 36:3, 22, 1 Ch 18:15 2 Ch 34:8. e.g. 1 Kings 4:3
- 5. of sacrifice, make a memorial, i.e. offer an אַזְכָּרָה q.v.; sq. לְבֹנָה Is 66:3.—JPPetersJBL, 1893, xii, 58 reads אַזְכִּרָה ψ 42:5 (v. Qal I. 1), ‘let me make my azkara, and pour out libation for (עֲלֵי) my life.’ e.g. Isaiah 66:3
זכר II recorder, v. זָכַר Hiph.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. remember (Assyrian zikâru, name, mention, cf. n. zikru, Hptin KAT2Gloss. i LyonSarg; Zinj. זכר, Arabic ذَكَرَ, Aramaic דְּכַר, ܕܟܰܪ, Palm. דרכנא monument, VogNo. 36 b, דכיר memorial, VogNo. 62, Sab. in n.pr. ידֿכראל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 43, but Ethiopic ዘከረ )—
I. n.m. recorder, v. זָכַר Hiph.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
זָכַר
- [to mark,] to remember, mention; to celebrate (by a ceremony &c.). Pes. 106ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XX, 8 זכור) זָכְרֵהוּ על היין Ms. M. (ed. זוֹכְרֵהוּ) remember the Sabbath (distinguish it) by a benediction over wine; Bets. 15ᵇ זכרהו מֵאַחֵר שבא וכ׳ mark the Sabbath (by a ceremony) from another (Holy Day) which (preceding the Sabbath) may cause the neglect of it (Ms. M. לאחר, Rashi מֵאַחַר, v. אַחַר; v. R. Nissim a. l.). Men. 43ᵇ ראה … וזְכוֹר וכ׳ see this ceremony and be reminded of another &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. זָכוּר, f. זְכוּרָה a) reminded, remembering, mindful.—ז׳ אני, contr. זְכוּרַנִי I recollect. Sabb. 115ᵃ ז׳ אני ב־ I recollect about &c.—Bets. 18ᵃ ז׳ היא she will remember. Snh. 52ᵇ; a. fr.—b) thought of, remembered. B. Mets. 11ᵃ ז׳ ולבסוף שכוח if the sheaf had been thought of and was afterwards forgotten.—ז׳ לטוב (abbr. ז"ל) remembered for blessing. Gen. R. s. 16 end אליהו ז"ל El. of blessed memory, v. זִכָּרוֹן.—Sabb. 13ᵇ, a. e., v. בְּרַם; a. fr.—Pl. זְכוּרִים. Pesik. R. s. 13, end; a. e. e.g. Exodus 20:8
- to be reminded, to remember (with accus.). Pes. 66ᵃ; Snh. 82ᵃ ראה מעשה ונ׳ הלכה he saw the practice and recalled the tradition. Yoma 38ᵃ כביד אבותי נִזְכַּרְתִּי I was thinking of the vanished glory of my ancestors. Ex. R. s. 45 הִזָּכֵר remember; a. fr.
- 1. to cause to be remembered, to recall. Ber. 55ᵃ, a. e. ג׳ דברים מַזְכִּירִים וכ׳ three occasions cause the sins of man to be remembered; a. fr.
- 2. to cite (as an argument), to take into account. Ib. 60ᵃ; a. e. אין מזכירין מ"נ miracles must not be cited as evidence. Kidd. 40ᵇ אין מזכירין לו שוב רשעו his wickedness is not counted; a. fr.
- 3. to recite (in prayer), quote. Hor. 14ᵃ ושמותם אין אנו מז׳ whose names we do not quote (as authorities). Ber. I, 5 מזכירין י"מ וכ׳ we must recite the going out from Egypt (Num. XV, 37 to 41) in night prayers; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 15:37
- to be mentioned. Kel. XVII, 5. Toh. VI, 6; a. e.—Part. מוּזְכָּר, f. מוּזְכֶּרֶת clearly defined. Kidd. 77ᵃ
זָכָר
- preced.) [v. זָכוּר,]
- 1. male (of man and animals), male child; opp. נקבה. Nidd. III, 7 תשב לז׳ וכ׳ she shall observe the laws as after the birth of a male child &c. (Lev. XII, 4). Ib. בריית הז׳ the formation of the male embryo. Y. B. Bath. IX, 16ᵈ bot. שמחת ז׳ the rejoicing over the birth of a boy; a. v. fr.—Pl. זְכָרִים. Nidd. 31ᵇ. Zeb. V, 3, a. fr. זִכְרֵי כהונה the male members of the priestly tribe.—Gen. R. s. 13, a. e. המים העליונים ז׳ וכ׳ the waters from above are the males (fructifiers), &c. e.g. Leviticus 12:4
- 2. (v. דְּכַר II) (של רחלים) ז׳ the male of the flock, ram. Bekh. V, 3; Yeb. 121ᵇ.—Shek. V, 3 ז׳ משמש עם וכ׳ that with the inscription ‘male’ was used only for libations connected with rams.—Pl. as above. R. Hash. III, 4, sq. בשל ז׳ with horns of rams; a. fr.
- 3. membrum (of animals). Tosef. Bekh. IV, 6, v. זוּבָּן.
- 4. (of inanimate objects) the thinner, pointed side of a double tool, v. זַכְרוּת. Kel. XIII, 2 הז׳ the pointed side of the cosmetic tube, contrad. to כף the broad part.
- 5. the marrow of horns, reeds &c. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 12. [Ib. Par. II (I), 2, v. זַכְרוּת.]
- 6. (gramm.) לשון ז׳ masculine gender. Kidd. 2ᵇ אשכחן דרך דאיקרי ל׳ ז׳ we find (in the Bible) derekh in the masculine gender. Mekh. B’shall., Shirah 1 בל׳ ז׳ in the masculine form (שִׁיר); Cant. R. to I, 5; a. e.
זֵכֶר
- memorial, remembrance, symbol, mnemonical allusion. Succ. III, 12 ז׳ למקדש as a reminiscence of the Temple usages; Pes. 115ᵃ. Ib. 116ᵃ ז׳ לתפוח typical of the apple tree (Cant. VIII, 5; v. Sot. 11ᵇ); ז׳ לטיט typical of the clay (which the Israelites had to tread). Ber. 2ᵇ; Tosef. Sabb. VII (VIII), 4, a. e. אע"פ שאין … ז׳ לדבר although there is no proof for it (in the Bible), there is a mnemonical allusion to it; a. fr. e.g. Song of Solomon 8:5
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Forms in the corpus
The 179 distinct written forms H2142 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 119 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2142, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- אזכרה ʼazkârâh H234 memorial offering
- זכור zâkûwr H2138 male
- זכר zêker H2143 memorial
- זכר zâkâr H2145 male
- זכרון zikrôwn H2146 memorial
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 192 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 223 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 8:1
- Exodus 2:24
- Leviticus 26:42
- Numbers 5:15
- Deuteronomy 5:15
- Joshua 1:13
- Judges 8:34
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 2 Samuel 8:16
- 1 Kings 4:3
- 2 Kings 9:25
- 1 Chronicles 16:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
