זָכַר zakhar

Hebrew word for “to remember” · Strong’s H2142 · used 232 times in 223 verses

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Meaning

1) to remember, recall, call to mind;

How it is translated

Glosses given for zakhar in context, with how often each is used:

• remember 60
• will remember 46
• remembered 31
• will be remembered 13
• recorder 9
• remember ! 7
• have remembered 6
• will bring to remembrance 6
• bring to remembrance 6
• has remembered 5
• may remember 4
• remembers 4

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 16 (5), Nehemiah 13 (4), Deuteronomy 24 (3), 1 Chronicles 16 (3), Psalms 74 (3), Psalms 77 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Psalms 105 (3), Psalms 106 (3), Psalms 119 (3)

Forms

• זכר 42
• זכרו 13
• יזכר 13
• ויזכר 9
• תזכר 9
• וזכרת 9
• זכרה 9
• זכור 8
• המזכיר 7
• זכרתי 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zakhar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 18
• עוֹד od “still” 19
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 19
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 15
• אַל al “not” 18
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 14
• שֵׁם shem “name” 19
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 16
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 17
• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 10
• מַעַן maan “because” 12
• נִי ni “me” 16

Key verses

The verses using zakhar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And…
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Song of Solomon 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the…
• Isaiah 12:4 — And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isaiah 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Isaiah 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and…
• Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isaiah 63:7 — I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember…
• Zechariah 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.