זִכָּרוֹן zikhron

Hebrew word for “memorial” · Strong’s H2146 · used 24 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

memorial, reminder, remembrance

How it is translated

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

• memorial 8
• remembrance 8
• reminder 6
• reminders 1
• memorials 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 28 (2), Numbers 5 (2), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 13 (1), Exodus 17 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Leviticus 23 (1), Numbers 10 (1), Numbers 16 (1)

Forms

• זכרון 10
• לזכרון 5
• לזכרן 2
• ולזכרון 1
• זכרן 1
• הזכרון 1
• וזכרון 1
• הזכרנות 1
• זכרניכם 1
• זכרונך 1

Words used with it

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

• כֶם khem “you” 4
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 4
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 3
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 3
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 4
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 3
• אֵת et “with” 4
• אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 2
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 3
• קִנְאָה qinah “jealousy” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 4
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 12:14 — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance…
• Exodus 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand…
• 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…
• Exodus 28:12 — And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before…
• Leviticus 23:24 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an…
• Numbers 10:10 — Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and…
• Numbers 16:40 — To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not…
• Joshua 4:7 — Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan…
• Nehemiah 2:20 — Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor…
• Esther 6:1 — On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
• Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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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.