זָכַר
zâkar · zaw-kar'
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 (זָכָר)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember
- by implication, to mention
- to be male
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the open hand that covers › the head, the highest
To cut, to sustain of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָכַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
232 occurrences · 232 OT · 0 NT · 179 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- remember56 · 45%
- remembered10 · 8%
- the recorder6 · 5%
- and remember5 · 4%
- and thou shalt remember4 · 3%
- to remembrance3 · 2%
- and i will remember3 · 2%
- shall not be remembered3 · 2%
- o remember2 · 2%
- he hath remembered2 · 2%
- think2 · 2%
- in remembrance2 · 2%
- for he remembered2 · 2%
- he remembereth2 · 2%
- i remembered2 · 2%
- was recorder2 · 2%
- i will make mention2 · 2%
- to be remembered2 · 2%
- when i remember2 · 2%
- i will remember2 · 2%
- to bring to remembrance2 · 2%
- they remembered2 · 2%
- that thou mayest remember2 · 2%
- i remember2 · 2%
- but thou shalt remember2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.