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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 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - Set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the LORD to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farm lands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3 - of the descendants of Shekaniah; of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4 - of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5 - of the descendants of Zattu,[fn] Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6 - of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8 - of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10 - of the descendants of Bani,[fn] Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12 - of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14 - of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD Almighty, “and my name is to be feared among the nations.

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