MannaFest

Word Study · Strong's H2142 · Hebrew

זָכַר

zakar

zaw-kar'

Strong's 1890 spelling: zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

Rendered in the KJV as

[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.

  • 230
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 32 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 178
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 230 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 178

  • זְכָר־11
  • הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃4
  • זָכְרָה־4
  • וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר3
  • זְכֹ֤ר3
  • זְכֹר֙3
  • זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי3
  • מַזְכִּ֥יר3
  • אֶזְכֹּֽר׃2
  • הַמַּזְכִּ֛יר2
  • וְזָכַרְתָּ֗2
  • וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔2

and 166 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 95

  • remember42
  • and you will remember13
  • I will remember9
  • they will be remembered8
  • and he remembered7
  • he remembered7
  • remember !7
  • he will remember5
  • the recorder5
  • they remembered5
  • you remember5
  • you will remember5

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 78

  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular29
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular12
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular9
  • Hc/Vqq2ms8
  • Hc/Vqw3ms8
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute8
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural8
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular7
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he7
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular6
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine plural5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqv2ms · 29
  • HVqp3ms · 12
  • HVqi3ms · 9
  • Hc/Vqq2ms · 8
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 8
  • HVqaa · 8
  • HVqv2mp · 8
  • HTd/Vhrmsa · 7
  • HVqp1cs · 7
  • HVqv2ms/Sh · 7
  • HVhrmsa · 6
  • HVNi3fp · 5

All 230, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis10 occurrences
Exodus8 occurrences
Leviticus4 occurrences
Numbers5 occurrences
Deuteronomy15 occurrences
Joshua2 occurrences
Judges3 occurrences
1 Samuel4 occurrences
2 Samuel5 occurrences
1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Kings4 occurrences
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
Nehemiah9 occurrences
Esther2 occurrences
Job10 occurrences
Psalms51 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Isaiah26 occurrences
Jeremiah16 occurrences
Lamentations7 occurrences
Ezekiel21 occurrences
Hosea4 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Nahum1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zechariah2 occurrences
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).