זֵכֶרzêker

זֶ֫כֶר: see following (Exodus 17:14)

Pronunciation: zay'-ker · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2143

Meanings

זֵ֫כֶר: remembrance, memorial

1. remembrance, memory

d. remembrance (Esther 9:28)

2. memorial, by which one is remembered

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 3:15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.
  • Exodus 17:14 After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
  • Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!
  • Deuteronomy 32:26 I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them.
  • Esther 9:28 These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.
  • Job 18:17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
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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).