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Lexicon :: Strong's H2145 - zāḵār

Aa
זָכָר
Transliteration
zāḵār
Pronunciation
zaw-kawr'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 551e

Strong’s Definitions

זָכָר zâkâr, zaw-kawr'; from H2142; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex):—× him, male, man(child, -kind).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x

The KJV translates Strong's H2145 in the following manner: male (67x), man (7x), child (4x), mankind (2x), him (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x
The KJV translates Strong's H2145 in the following manner: male (67x), man (7x), child (4x), mankind (2x), him (1x).
masculine noun

  1. male (of humans and animals)

    adjective

  2. male (of humans)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָכָר zâkâr, zaw-kawr'; from H2142; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex):—× him, male, man(child, -kind).
STRONGS H2145: Abbreviations
† זָכָר noun masculine & adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COTGloss LyonManual, Gloss; Arabic ذَكَرً; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, axrkeD; Sabean רם [כ]דֿ DHMZMG 1876, 675; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane969f.; from assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), BöProb 207 Fl in ChWBi. 422, compare Arabic ذَكَرً male organ; SchwZAW 1891, 176 ff. **(against Schwally's view see JPeritzWoman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111 ff.) from זָכַר = call upon in worship; hence male as competent to worship) — always absolute ז׳ Genesis 1:27 +; plural (ה)זְכָרִים Exodus 13:12 +; see also [זָכוּר]: —
I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exodus 13:12, 15 (plural, both J E); opposed to נְקֵבָה Deuteronomy 4:16; specifically
1. of men:
a. in phrase יָֽדְעָה לא אשׁר זָכָר לְמִשְׁכַב איש Judges 21:12 (BuRS 153 DrIntr. 151), compare Judges 21:11, Numbers 31:17, 18, 35 (all 3 P); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ezekiel 16:17.
b. alone = man Jeremiah 30:6 (רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר || גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judges 21:11; 1 Kings 11:15, 16; Genesis 34:25; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 1:2, 20, 22; Numbers 3:28, 34, 39; Numbers 18:10; Numbers 26:62; Numbers 31:7, 17 (all P); plural (ה)זכרים 2 Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 8:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, so also Joshua 5:4 (|| העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Joshua 17:2 (gloss? compare DrIntr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Genesis 17:10, 12, 14, 23; Genesis 34:15, 22, 24; Exodus 12:48 (all P); of male child Leviticus 12:2 (P) Isaiah 66:7; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:7 (child) Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:3, 5, 6, 7; Numbers 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHMl.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H).
2. of animals, especially for sacrifice Exodus 34:19 (J E; read הַזָּכָר for MT תִּזָּכָר); Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3, 10; Leviticus 4:23 (all P) Leviticus 22:19 (H), Malachi 1:14; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3, 9, 16; Leviticus 3:1, 6 (all P).
II. adjective singular male (only human beings) יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז׳ Jeremiah 20:15; כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז׳ Numbers 3:40, 43 (both P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1798.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:27; 1:27; 5:2; 6:19; 7:3; 7:9; 7:16; 17:10; 17:12; 17:14; 17:23; 34:15; 34:22; 34:24; 34:25

Exodus

12:5; 12:48; 13:12; 13:12; 13:15; 34:19

Leviticus

1:3; 1:10; 3:1; 3:6; 4:23; 6:11; 6:22; 7:6; 12:2; 12:7; 15:33; 18:22; 20:13; 22:19; 27:3; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7

Numbers

1:2; 1:20; 1:22; 3:28; 3:34; 3:39; 3:40; 3:43; 5:3; 18:10; 26:62; 31:7; 31:17; 31:17; 31:18; 31:35

Deuteronomy

4:16

Joshua

5:4; 17:2

Judges

21:11; 21:11; 21:12

1 Kings

11:15; 11:16

2 Chronicles

31:16

Ezra

8:3; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:12; 8:13; 8:14

Isaiah

66:7

Jeremiah

20:15; 30:6

Ezekiel

16:17

Malachi

1:14

H2145

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2145 matches the Hebrew זָכָר (zāḵār),
which occurs 82 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Num 31:17–Mal 1:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - “So now, kill every male H2145 among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man [fn]intimately H2145.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “But all the [fn]girls who have not known man H2145 [fn]intimately H2145, [fn]spare for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and of human beings, of the women who had not known man H2145 [fn]intimately H2145, all the persons were 32,000.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male H2145 or female,

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“You shall set apart as holy to Yahweh your God all the firstborn males H2145 that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - Now this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males H2145, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way when they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the males H2145 according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “Now this is the thing that you shall do: you shall devote to destruction every man H2145 and every woman who has known, that is lain with, a man H2145.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with [fn]him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 -

Now it happened that when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male H2145 in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male H2145 in Edom),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without regard to their genealogical record, to the males H2145 from [fn]thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh for his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male H2145 among the priests and to everyone genealogically recorded among the Levites.

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of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah and with him 150 males H2145 who were in the genealogical records;

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of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 males H2145 with him;

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of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 males H2145 with him;

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of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and 160 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 males H2145 with him;

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and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, [fn]Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and 60 males H2145 with them;

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and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai, and [fn]Zabbud, and 70 males H2145 with [fn]them.

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“Before she was in labor pains, she gave birth;

Before her pangs came, she delivered a male H2145 child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 -

Cursed be the man who brought the good news

To my father, saying,

“A [fn]baby boy H2145 has been born to you!”

And made him very glad.

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‘Ask now, and see

If a male H2145 can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned pale?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - “You also took your splendid [fn]jewelry made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male H2145 images that you might play the harlot with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed be the swindler who has a male H2145 in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a [fn]blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and My name is [fn]feared among the [fn]nations.”

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