זָכָר zakhar

Hebrew word for “male” · Strong’s H2145 · used 82 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

1) male (of humans and animals); adj; 2) male (of humans)

How it is translated

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

• male 65
• males 17

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 8 (12), Numbers 3 (7), Genesis 17 (4), Genesis 34 (4), Leviticus 27 (4), Numbers 31 (4), Genesis 7 (3), Numbers 1 (3), Exodus 12 (2), Exodus 13 (2)

Forms

• זכר 58
• הזכרים 15
• הזכר 4
• לזכר 2
• לזכרים 2
• מזכר 1

Words used with it

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

• נְקֵבָה neqevah “female” 15
• מַעַל maal “above” 12
• מוּל mul “to circumcise” 9
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 10
• מִשְׁכָּב mishkav “bed” 7
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 11
• עִם im “with” 13
• מִסְפָּר mispar “number” 8
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 7
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 8
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 8
• שֵׁם shem “name” 9

Key verses

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

• Genesis 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
• Genesis 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
• Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house;…
• Exodus 12:5 — Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
• Exodus 13:12 — That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’s.
• Leviticus 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the…
• Leviticus 1:10 — And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
• Leviticus 3:1 — And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the…
• Leviticus 4:23 — Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
• Leviticus 22:19 — Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
• Jeremiah 30:6 — Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are…
• Malachi 1:14 — But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of…

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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.