Zakhar זָכַר

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Zakhar
זָכַר
Transliterationzakhar
Strong's numberH2142
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto remember
Occurrences230 in 221 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (49)

Zakhar (Hebrew זָכַר, Strong's H2142) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to remember”. It occurs 230 times in 221 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to remember, recall, call to mind
1a) (Qal) to remember, recall
1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to remember, remind
1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
1c3) to mention
1c4) to record
1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVremember (117), remembered (48), mention (18), remembrance (11), recorder (9), mindful (6), think (3), remembereth (3), mentioned (3), record (2), is male (1), bringing (1), and 9 other renderings
BSBremember (76), remembered (8), be remembered (8), recorder (8), remember me (7), i will remember (6), you will remember (6), i remember (6), will remember (6), he remembered (5), remembers (4), consider (3), and 70 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Zakhar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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