H2143 - זֵכֶר (zêker)

H2143 זֵכֶר (zêker) zay'-ker

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

memorial

Strong's Definition

a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration

Derivation: or זֶכֶר; from H2142 (זָכַר);

KJV Usage: memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.

TWOT Reference: 551a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) memorial, remembrance

1a) remembrance, memory

1b) memorial

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3420 G3422 G3686

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) memorial, remembrance 1a) remembrance, memory 1b) memorial

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זֶכֶר / זֵכֶר zêker / zeker BDB Definition: 1) memorial, remembrance 1a) remembrance, memory 1b) memorial Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2142 Same Word by TWOT Number: 551a Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (23)

3:15 17:14

25:19 32:26

9:28

18:17

6:5 9:6 30:4 34:16 97:12 102:12 109:15 111:4 112:6 135:13 145:7

10:7

9:5

26:8 26:14

12:5 14:7

Exodus 3:15

God also told... Moses, Say to the Israelites..., The LORD, the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob — has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation....

Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, Write this... on a scroll as a reminder and recite... it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out... the memory of Amalek from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 25:19

When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that [He]... is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

Deuteronomy 32:26

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

Esther 9:28

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.

Job 18:17

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.