Strong's Lexicon

H2145

H2145 — זָכָר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewzakaradjectiveOccurrences: 82TWOT: 551e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2145
Word:זָכָר
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H2142
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:82
Transliteration:zakar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-kawr'
Meaning:1. (properly) remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
KJV Renderings:X him, male, man(child, -kind).

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BDB2358

זָכָר noun masculine & adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru , COTGloss LyonManual, Gloss; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1479]; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, [untranscribed source text 1480]; Sabean רם[כ]דֿ DHMZMG 1876, 675; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane969 f.; from assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), BöProb 207 Fl in ChWBi. 422, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1481] 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 Gen 1:27 +; plural (ה)זְכָרִים Exod 13:12 +; see also [זָכוּר]: —
I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exod 13:12; Exod 13:15 (plural, both J E ); opposed to נְקֵבָה Deut 4:16 specifically
1. of men:
a. in phrase אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר אשׁר לא יָָֽדְעָה Judg 21:12 ( BuRS 153 DrIntr. 151), compare Judg 21:11, Num 31:17 ; Num 31:18 ; Num 31:35 (all 3 P ); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ezek 16:17 .
b. alone = man Jer 30:6 ( רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר || גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judg 21:11; 1Kgs 11:15; 1Kgs 11:16; Gen 34:25; Lev 6:11; Lev 6:22; Lev 7:6; Lev 3:28; Lev 3:34; Lev 3:39; Lev 18:10 ; Lev 26:62 ; Lev 31:7; Lev 31:17 (all P ); plural (ה)זכרים 2Chr 31:16 ; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:4; Ezra 8:5; Ezra 8:6; Ezra 8:7; Ezra 8:8; Ezra 8:9; Ezra 8:10 ; Ezra 8:11 ; Ezra 8:12 ; Ezra 8:13 ; Ezra 8:14 , so also Josh 5:4 (|| העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Josh 17:2 (gloss? compare DrIntr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Gen 17:10 ; Gen 17:12 ; Gen 17:14 ; Gen 17:23 ; Gen 34:15 ; Gen 34:22 ; Gen 34:24 ; Exod 12:48 (all P ); of male child Lev 12:2 ( P ) Isa 66:7 opposed to נְקֵבָה Gen 1:27; Gen 5:2; Lev 12:7 (child) Lev 15:33 ; Lev 27:3; Lev 27:5; Lev 27:6; Lev 27:7; Num 5:3 (all P ; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHMl.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Lev 18:22 ; Lev 20:13 (both H ).
2. of animals, especially for sacrifice Exod 34:19 ( J E ; read הַזָּכָר for ᵑ0 תִּזָּכָר); Exod 12:5; Lev 1:3; Lev 1:10; Lev 4:23 (all P ) Lev 22:19 ( H ), Mal 1:14 opposed to נְקֵבָה Gen 6:19; Gen 7:3; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16; Lev 3:1; Lev 3:6 (all P ).
II. adjective singular male (only human beings) ׳ יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז Jer 20:15 ׳ כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז Num 3:40; Num 3:43 (both P ).


BDB9449

[דְּכַר] noun masculine ram ( ᵑ7 דִּכְרָא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5979] id., also (and primarily) male, see Biblical Hebrew זָכָר ); — plural דִּכְּ רִין for sacrifice Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זכר (zāh-chār’)

Genesis 1:97

EHCC: & 5:2. male and female created he them.

Exodus 19:5

KJV: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
EHCC: 6 male of the first year:

Exodus 3:0

EHCC: f the male from twenty years ;27

Exodus 26:62

EHCC: all males from a month old

Exodus 31:7

KJV: The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,furniture: Heb. vessels
EHCC: they slew all the males.

Deuteronomy 4:16

KJV: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
EHCC: the likeness of male or female,

Deuteronomy 15:19

KJV: All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
EHCC: All the firstling males that come

Joshua 5:4

KJV: And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
EHCC: came out of Egypt, (that were) males,

Joshua 17:2

KJV: There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.Abiezer: also called, Jeezer
EHCC: these (were) the male children

Judges 21:11

KJV: And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man
EHCC: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and

1 Kings 11:15

KJV: For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
EHCC: after he had smitten every male

2 Chronicles 31:16

KJV: Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
EHCC: Beside their genealogy of males,

Ezra 8:3

KJV: Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
EHCC: reckoned by genealogy of the males

Isaiah 66:7

KJV: Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
EHCC: she was delivered of a man child,

Jeremiah 90:15

EHCC: 8 man child is born unto thee ;

Jeremiah 30:6

KJV: 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 turned into paleness?a man: Heb. a male
EHCC: see whether a man doth travail (marg.

Ezekiel 16:17

KJV: Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,of men: Heb. of a male
EHCC: mater thyself images of men, (marg.a

Malachi 1:14

KJV: 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 hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.which…: Heb. in whose flock is
EHCC: which hath in his flock 6 male,
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