Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2145
זָכָר
zakarzaw-kawr'
male
82 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: zâkâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2145is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2145
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
The King James renders it: [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
zakar is rendered "male". It stands 82 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Eighteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27זָכָ֥ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- male38
- a male20
- the males15
- the male4
- for the male2
- from male1
- of males1
- to males1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| זָכָה | zakah | to clean | Uses8 |
The words it stands beside
All 82, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס10
- זָכָ֥ר9
- זָכָ֖ר9
- זָכָ֔ר9
- זָכָר֙7
- זָכָ֑ר7
- זָכָ֗ר5
- זָכָֽר׃5
- הַזָּכָ֔ר3
- הַזְּכָרִ֖ים2
- זָכָ֣ר2
- לַזָּכָ֖ר2
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular58HAamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural15HTd/Aampa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular4HTd/Aamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural2HR/Aampa
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular2HRd/Aamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1HR/Aamsa
Genesis
fourteen uses
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
- זָכָ֣רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
- זָכָ֣רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
- זָכָ֨רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
- זָכָֽר׃zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- זָכָ֗רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- זָכָ֕רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
- זָכָֽר׃zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- זָכָֽר׃zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Exodus
four uses
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
- זָכָ֗רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
- הַזְּכָרִ֖יםhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
- הַזְּכָרִ֔יםhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
Leviticus
eighteen uses
If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- זָכָ֞רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- זָכָ֥רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
- לַזָּכָ֖רlazakharpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the male
of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
- לַזָּכָ֖רlazakharpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the male
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- הַזָּכָ֔רhazakharthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the male
And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
- הַזָּכָ֖רhazakharthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the male
Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
- הַזָּכָ֔רhazakharthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the male
And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Numbers
eighteen uses
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- זָכָ֗רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- זָכָ֗רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
- זָכָ֛רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
- זָכָ֜רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
- מִזָּכָ֤רmizakharpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from male
You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
- זָכָֽר׃zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Deuteronomy
two uses
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
- הַזָּכָ֔רhazakharthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the male
Joshua
two uses
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
- הַזְּכָרִ֜יםhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
- הַזְּכָרִ֖יםhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
Judges
three uses
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
- זָכָ֗רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
1 Kings
two uses
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
- זָכָ֖רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
2 Chronicles
two uses
In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
- לִזְכָרִ֗יםlizkharimpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to males
As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.
- זָכָר֙zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: male
Ezra
twelve uses
from the descendants of David, Hattush of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
- לִזְכָרִ֖יםlizkharimpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: of males
from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
- הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ פhazekharimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the males
Isaiah
one use
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
- זָכָֽר׃zakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Jeremiah
two uses
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Ezekiel
one use
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
- זָכָ֑רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Malachi
one use
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- זָכָ֔רzakharadjective · masculine singulartagged: a male
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.