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Strong's Number H2142

זָכַר

zakar · zaw-kar'

Transliteration:

zakar{zaw-kar'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

551

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

remember 172, mention 21, remembrance 11, recorder 9, mindful 6, think 3, bring to remembrance 2, record 2, misc 8

Total: 233
Occurs 232 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to remember, recall, call to mind
1. (Qal) to remember, recall
2. (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to remember, remind
  2. to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
  3. to mention
  4. to record
  5. to make a memorial, make remembrance