זֵכֶר zekher

Hebrew word for “memorial” · Strong’s H2143 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

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

• remembrance 11
• memory 9
• memorial 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 26 (2), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 17 (1), Deuteronomy 25 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Esther 9 (1), Job 18 (1), Psalms 6 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 30 (1)

Forms

• זכר 6
• זכרם 5
• זכרו 3
• לזכר 3
• זכרך 2
• זכרי 1
• וזכרם 1
• וזכרך 1
• ולזכרך 1

Words used with it

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

• דּוֹר dor “generation” 4
• שֵׁם shem “name” 5
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 4
• יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 3
• אָבַד avad “to perish” 3
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 3
• מָחָה machah “to wipe” 2
• עֲמָלֵק amaleq “Amalek” 2
• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 2
• חָיָה chayah “to live” 2
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 2
• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 3:15 — And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the…
• Exodus 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek…
• Deuteronomy 25:19 — Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an…
• Deuteronomy 32:26 — I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
• Psalms 9:6 — O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• Psalms 34:16 — The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Psalms 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
• Psalms 112:6 — Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
• Psalms 145:7 — They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
• Proverbs 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
• Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
• Isaiah 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

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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.