זָכַר
zachar · remember
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2142 · appears 232 times in the Bible
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Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
zachar (זָכַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “remember”.
Call to mind; also mention. When God "remembers" someone, it is not that he had forgotten: it means he acts in his favor.
How to say it
za·char
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
- God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
- To remember a day, celebrate it.
- To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Word study
Remember, call to mind. BDB: to remember, call to mind, and also to mention. When God “remembers” someone, he acts on his behalf.
- God remembers: Noah, his covenant, Hannah Genesis 8:1Exodus 2:241 Samuel 1:19
- “I will remember my covenant” Genesis 9:15
- Forgetting someone: “did not remember Joseph” Genesis 40:23
- “Remember the day of the Sabbath” Exodus 20:8
- To mention: “mention me to Pharaoh”; the recorder Genesis 40:142 Samuel 8:16
- “What is the mortal that you remember him?” Psalms 8:4
How we translate it
“Remember” 139 times, “remembered” 28, “be remembered” 17, “mention” 10, “recorder” 8. The causative form הִזְכִּיר is translated “mention”, and the court office מַזְכִּיר, “recorder”. From the same root is זִכָּרוֹן, “memorial”.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- remember ×139
- remembered ×28
- be remembered ×17
- mention ×10
- recorder ×8
- remembrance ×6
- Remind ×3
- he remembers ×3
- bringing to remembrance ×2
- remembering ×2
- others ×14
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis×10
- Exodus×8
- Leviticus×4
- Numbers×5
- Deuteronomy×15
- Joshua×2
- Judges×3
- 1 Samuel×4
- 2 Samuel×5
- 1 Kings×2
- 2 Kings×4
- 1 Chronicles×4
- 2 Chronicles×3
- Nehemiah×9
- Esther×2
- Job×10
- Psalms×53
- Proverbs×1
- Ecclesiastes×4
- Song of Songs×1
- Isaiah×26
- Jeremiah×16
- Lamentations×7
- Ezekiel×21
- Hosea×4
- Amos×2
- Jonah×1
- Micah×1
- Nahum×1
- Habakkuk×1
- Zechariah×2
- Malachi×1
- Genesis 8:1
And Elohim remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and Elohim made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
- Genesis 9:15
that I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living being of all flesh; and the waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:16
And the bow will be in the cloud, and I will see it to remember the eternal covenant between Elohim and every living being of all flesh that is on the earth.”
- Genesis 19:29
So it was that when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, Elohim remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overturning, when he overturned the cities in which Lot had lived.
- Genesis 30:22
Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim heard her and opened her womb.
- Genesis 40:14
But think of me when it goes well with you, and show, please, loyal love to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
- Genesis 40:23
Yet the chief of the cupbearers did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
- Genesis 41:9
Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “My sins I am remembering today.
- Genesis 42:9
Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come.”
- Exodus 2:24
Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
- Exodus 13:3
Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, for with a strong hand YHWH brought you out from here; and no leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 20:8
Remember the day of the Sabbath, to keep it holy.
- Exodus 20:24
An altar of earth you shall make for me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your flocks and your herds; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
- Exodus 23:13
In all that I have said to you, take care. Do not mention the name of other gods; let it not be heard on your lips.
- Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
- Exodus 34:19
Everything that first opens the womb is mine, and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of ox and lamb.
- Leviticus 26:42
then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham I will remember, and the land I will remember.
- Leviticus 26:45
But I will remember for them the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, to be their Elohim. I am YHWH.
- Numbers 5:15
then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour; he shall not pour oil on it and not put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, bringing to remembrance iniquity.
- Numbers 10:9
And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who harasses you, you shall sound an acclamation with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before YHWH your Elohim, and you will be saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
- Numbers 15:39
And it shall be a fringe for you, and you shall see it and remember all the commandments of YHWH and do them, and you shall not go exploring after your heart and after your eyes, after which you prostitute yourselves,
- Numbers 15:40
so that you will remember and do all my commandments and be holy to your Elohim.
- Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that YHWH your Elohim brought you out from there with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore YHWH your Elohim has commanded you to celebrate the day of the Sabbath.
- Deuteronomy 7:18
do not fear them; remember well what YHWH your Elohim did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember all the way that YHWH your Elohim has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to afflict you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:18
Remember YHWH your Elohim, for it is he who gives you strength to make wealth, in order to establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember, do not forget, how you made YHWH your Elohim angry in the wilderness. From the day that you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against YHWH.
- Deuteronomy 9:27
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn to the hardness of this people, or to its wickedness, or to its sin,
- Deuteronomy 15:15
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.
- Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall not eat bread with leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, for in haste you came out of the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 16:12
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall keep and carry out these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 24:9
Remember what YHWH your Elohim did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 24:18
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you from there; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 24:22
And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 25:17
Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old, consider the years of generation and generation; ask your father, and he will declare it to you, your elders, and they will tell you.
- Joshua 1:13
“Remember the word that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you, saying, ‘YHWH your Elohim is giving you rest and will give you this land.’
- Joshua 23:7
so that you do not go among these nations, those that remain with you; and the name of their gods you shall not mention, nor make anyone swear by it, nor serve them, nor bow down to them;
And 192 more times.