זָכָרzâkâr
male
Pronunciation: zaw-kawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2145
Meanings
I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals (Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:15; Deuteronomy 4:16)
1. of men
b. man, men, male persons (Jeremiah 30:6; Judges 21:11; 1 Kings 11:15)
2. of animals (Exodus 34:19; Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3)
II. singular male (only human beings) (Jeremiah 20:15; Numbers 3:40; Numbers 3:43)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 82 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.”
- Genesis 6:19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.
- Genesis 7:3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 7:9 They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:16 A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
See every passage
- Genesis 1:27, 5:2, 6:19, 7:3, 7:9, 7:16, 17:10, 17:12, 17:14, 17:23, 34:15, 34:22, 34:24, 34:25
- Exodus 12:5, 12:48, 13:12, 13:15
- Leviticus 1:3, 1:10, 3:1, 3:6, 4:23, 6:18, 6:29, 7:6, 12:2, 12:7, 15:33, 18:22, 20:13, 22:19, 27:3, 27:5, 27:6, 27:7
- Numbers 1:2, 1:20, 1:22, 3:15, 3:22, 3:28, 3:34, 3:39, 3:40, 3:43, 5:3, 18:10, 26:62, 31:7, 31:17, 31:18, 31:35
- Deuteronomy 4:16, 15:19
- Joshua 5:4, 17:2
- Judges 21:11, 21:12
- 1 Kings 11:15, 11:16
- 2 Chronicles 31:16, 31:19
- Ezra 8:3, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:13, 8:14
- Isaiah 66:7
- Jeremiah 20:15, 30:6
- Ezekiel 16:17
- Malachi 1:14
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).