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זָכַר

za.kharto rememberHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb232 occurrences32 books223 verses

Definition

a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Traditional renderings: × burn (incense), × earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, × still, think on, × well.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders זָכַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

232 total
  1. 1 Samuel 25:31וְזָכַרְתָּ֖ · may you remember
    …then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
  2. 2 Samuel 8:16מַזְכִּֽיר׃ · [was] the recorder
    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  3. 2 Samuel 14:11יִזְכָּר־ · invoke
    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
  4. 2 Samuel 18:18הַזְכִּ֣יר · preserve the memory
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  5. 2 Samuel 19:19תִּזְכֹּ֗ר · remember
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  6. 2 Samuel 20:24הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ · was the recorder
    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  7. 1 Kings 4:3הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ · [was] the recorder
    Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  8. 1 Kings 17:18לְהַזְכִּ֥יר · to remind me
    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  9. 2 Kings 9:25זְכֹ֞ר · remember that
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  10. 2 Kings 18:18הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ · the recorder
    Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
  11. 2 Kings 18:37הַמַּזְכִּ֛יר · the recorder
    Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
  12. 2 Kings 20:3זְכָר־ · remember
    “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  13. 1 Chronicles 16:4וּלְהַזְכִּיר֙ · to celebrate
    David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
  14. 1 Chronicles 16:12זִכְר֗וּ · Remember
    Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
  15. 1 Chronicles 16:15זִכְר֤וּ · Remember
    Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
  16. 1 Chronicles 18:15מַזְכִּֽיר׃ · [was] the recorder
    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:42זָכְרָ֕ה · Remember
    O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
  18. 2 Chronicles 24:22זָכַ֞ר · remember
    Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 34:8הַמַּזְכִּ֔יר · the recorder
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
  20. Nehemiah 1:8זְכָר־ · Remember
    Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
  21. Nehemiah 4:14זְכֹ֔רוּ · Remember
    After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
  22. Nehemiah 5:19זָכְרָה־ · Remember
    Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
  23. Nehemiah 6:14זָכְרָ֧ה · remember
    O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
  24. Nehemiah 9:17זָכְר֤וּ · to remember
    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  25. Nehemiah 13:14זָכְרָה־ · Remember
    Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
  26. Nehemiah 13:22זָכְרָה־ · Remember
    Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
  27. Nehemiah 13:29זָכְרָ֥ה · Remember
    Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
  28. Nehemiah 13:31זָכְרָה־ · Remember
    I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
  29. Esther 2:1זָכַ֤ר · he remembered
    Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
  30. Esther 9:28נִזְכָּרִ֨ים · [should be] remembered
    These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
  31. Job 4:7זְכָר־ · Consider
    Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
  32. Job 7:7זְ֭כֹר · Remember
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  33. Job 10:9זְכָר־ · remember
    Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
  34. Job 11:16תִזְכֹּֽר׃ · recalling
    For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
  35. Job 14:13וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ · and then remember me
    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  36. Job 21:6זָכַ֥רְתִּי · I remember
    When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
  37. Job 24:20יִזָּכֵ֑ר · they are remembered
    The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
  38. Job 28:18יִזָּכֵ֑ר · of mention
    Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
  39. Job 36:24זְ֭כֹר · Remember
    Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
  40. Job 41:8זְכֹ֥ר · you will remember
    If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
  41. Psalm 8:4תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ · You are mindful [of him]
    …what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
  42. Psalm 9:12זָכָ֑ר · remembers
    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
  43. Psalm 20:3יִזְכֹּ֥ר · May He remember
    May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
  44. Psalm 20:7נַזְכִּֽיר׃ · trust
    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
  45. Psalm 22:27יִזְכְּר֤וּ׀ · will remember
    All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  46. Psalm 25:6זְכֹר־ · Remember
    Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
  47. Psalm 25:7תִּ֫זְכֹּ֥ר · Remember; זְכָר־ · remember me
    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
  48. Psalm 38:1לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃ · for remembrance
    A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  49. Psalm 42:4אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה׀ · come to mind
    These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.