Midvash

זַכּוּרZakkûwr

Zakkur, the name of seven Israelites

Pronunciation: zaw-koor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2139

Meanings

1. a Reubenite (Numbers 13:4)

2. a Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:26)

3. Levites

4. companion of Ezra (Ezra 8:14)

5. contemporary of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 13:4 These were the tribes and the names of their leaders:TribeLeaderReuben Shammua son of Zaccur
  • 1 Chronicles 4:26 The descendants of Mishma were Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:27 From the descendants of Merari through Jaaziah, the leaders were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:2 From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:10 The third lot fell to Zaccur and twelve of his sons and relatives.
  • Ezra 8:14 From the family of Bigvai: Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.
See every passage

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).