זָכַרzâkar
זָכַר: remember
Pronunciation: zaw-kar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2142
Meanings
Qal: construct (Genesis 40:23; Lamentations 1:7; Lamentations 1:9)
I. human subject
1. remember, recall, call to mind, usually as affecting present feeling, thought, or action
a. remember (Genesis 42:9; 2 Kings 9:25; Job 4:7)
b. recall (Lamentations 3:20; Job 11:16; Isaiah 54:4)
c. remember (Deuteronomy 9:7; Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 16:63)
d. remember (Deuteronomy 7:18; Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 24:9)
2. remember persons (human subject)
d. remember (Amos 1:9; Esther 2:1; Ecclesiastes 9:15)
3. remember ׳ י
a. call, to mind (2 Samuel 14:11)
b. recall, keep (Deuteronomy 8:18; Jeremiah 51:50; Isaiah 64:4)
4. remember
5. think of or on, call to mind something present or future (Isaiah 47:7; Lamentations 1:9; Job 40:32)
6. remember a day, to observe, commemorate it (Exodus 13:3; Deuteronomy 16:3; Exodus 20:8)
7. remember, with implied mention of (Jeremiah 20:9; Jeremiah 23:36)
II. Subject ׳ (אלהים)י
1. remember persons
a. id. (Genesis 30:22; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:19)
2.
a. remember the distress of his servants (Lamentations 3:19; Lamentations 5:1)
b. their devotion (Psalms 20:4; Jeremiah 2:2; Psalms 132:1)
c. their intercession (Jeremiah 18:20)
3.
a. remember his own covenant (with them) (Genesis 9:15; Genesis 9:16; Exodus 2:24)
b. his mercy, etc. (Psalms 25:6; Psalms 98:3; 2 Chronicles 6:42)
c. extenuating circumstances (Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Psalms 78:39)
4. remember sins, idolatries etc. (Hosea 7:2; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:9)
Niph`al
1. be brought to remembrance, remembered, thought of
a. be mentioned, attention paid (Hosea 2:19; Zechariah 13:2; Isaiah 65:17)
b. brought to, 's remembrance (Numbers 10:9; Ezekiel 21:29)
c. be remembered (Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13)
d. be remembered (Psalms 109:14)
2. be not remembered, = no longer exist (Jeremiah 11:19; Psalms 83:5; Ezekiel 21:37)
3. be remembered, of particular days, in order to be observed, commemorated (Esther 9:28)
Hiph`il
1. cause to remember, remind (Isaiah 43:26)
2. cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance (2 Samuel 18:18; Psalms 45:18; Exodus 20:24)
3. mention
a. call upon, boast of, praise (Genesis 40:14; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 26:13)
b. accuse (Genesis 41:9; 1 Samuel 4:18; Isaiah 19:17)
d. commemorate, praise (1 Chronicles 16:4; Psalms 38:1; Psalms 70:1)
4. recorder (2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Samuel 20:24)
5. of sacrifice, make a memorial, i.e. offer an אַזְכָּרָה (Isaiah 66:3; Psalms 42:5)
מַזְכִּיר: recorder, see זָכַר Hiph`il
Same root
- זָכָרzâkâr · H2145properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- אַזְכָּרָהʼazkârâh · H234a reminder; specifically remembrance-offering
- זָכוּרzâkûwr · H2138a male (of man or animals)
- זַכּוּרZakkûwr · H2139Zakkur, the name of seven Israelites
- זֵכֶרzêker · H2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
- זִכְרוֹןzikrôwn · H2146a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
- זִכְרִיZikrîy · H2147Zicri, the name of twelve Israelites
- זְכַרְיָהZᵉkaryâh · H2148Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 232 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.
- Genesis 9:15 and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
- Genesis 9:16 When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”
- Genesis 19:29 But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
- Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children.
- Genesis 40:14 And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.
See every passage
- Genesis 8:1, 9:15, 9:16, 19:29, 30:22, 40:14, 40:23, 41:9, 42:9
- Exodus 2:24, 6:5, 13:3, 20:8, 20:24, 23:13, 32:13, 34:19
- Leviticus 26:42, 26:45
- Numbers 5:15, 10:9, 11:5, 15:39, 15:40
- Deuteronomy 5:15, 7:18, 8:2, 8:18, 9:7, 9:27, 15:15, 16:3, 16:12, 24:9, 24:18, 24:22, 25:17, 32:7
- Joshua 1:13, 23:7
- Judges 8:34, 9:2, 16:28
- 1 Samuel 1:11, 1:19, 4:18, 25:31
- 2 Samuel 8:16, 14:11, 18:18, 19:19, 20:24
- 1 Kings 4:3, 17:18
- 2 Kings 9:25, 18:18, 18:37, 20:3
- 1 Chronicles 16:4, 16:12, 16:15, 18:15
- 2 Chronicles 6:42, 24:22, 34:8
- Nehemiah 1:8, 4:14, 5:19, 6:14, 9:17, 13:14, 13:22, 13:29, 13:31
- Esther 2:1, 9:28
- Job 4:7, 7:7, 10:9, 11:16, 14:13, 21:6, 24:20, 28:18, 36:24, 41:8
- Psalms 8:4, 9:12, 20:3, 20:7, 22:27, 25:6, 25:7, 38:0, 42:4, 42:6, 45:17, 63:6, 70:0, 71:16, 74:2, 74:18, 74:22, 77:3, 77:6, 77:11, 78:35, 78:39, 78:42, 79:8, 83:4, 87:4, 88:5, 89:47, 89:50, 98:3, 103:14, 103:18, 105:5, 105:8, 105:42, 106:4, 106:7, 106:45, 109:14, 109:16, 111:5, 115:12, 119:49, 119:52, 119:55, 132:1, 136:23, 137:1, 137:6, 137:7, 143:5
- Proverbs 31:7
- Ecclesiastes 5:20, 9:15, 11:8, 12:1
- Song of Solomon 1:4
- Isaiah 12:4, 17:10, 19:17, 23:16, 26:13, 36:3, 36:22, 38:3, 43:18, 43:25, 43:26, 44:21, 46:8, 46:9, 47:7, 48:1, 49:1, 54:4, 57:11, 62:6, 63:7, 63:11, 64:5, 64:9, 65:17, 66:3
- Jeremiah 2:2, 3:16, 4:16, 11:19, 14:10, 14:21, 15:15, 17:2, 18:20, 20:9, 23:36, 31:20, 31:34, 44:21, 51:50
- Lamentations 1:7, 1:9, 2:1, 3:19, 3:20, 5:1
- Ezekiel 3:20, 6:9, 16:22, 16:43, 16:60, 16:61, 16:63, 18:22, 18:24, 20:43, 21:23, 21:24, 21:32, 23:19, 23:27, 25:10, 29:16, 33:13, 33:16, 36:31
- Hosea 2:17, 7:2, 8:13, 9:9
- Amos 1:9, 6:10
- Jonah 2:7
- Micah 6:5
- Nahum 2:5
- Habakkuk 3:2
- Zechariah 10:9, 13:2
- Malachi 4:4
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