zecher · remembrance, name

What it means

zecher (זֵכֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “remembrance, name”.

Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.

How to say it

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

1. What stays of someone in others' minds; YHWH's name.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• remembrance ×16
• memory ×7

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×2
• Deuteronomy×2
• Esther×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×11
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×2
• Hosea×2

• Exodus 3:15

  Elohim also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to generation.

• Exodus 17:14

  YHWH said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book, and put it in the hearing of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

• Deuteronomy 25:19

  Therefore it shall be, when YHWH your Elohim has given rest to you from all your enemies around, in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. You shall not forget.

• Deuteronomy 32:26

  I would have said, “I will scatter them; I will make cease from humankind their memory,”

• Esther 9:28

  and these days would be remembered and observed in every generation, each family, each province, and each city; and these days of Purim would not pass away from among the Jews, and the remembrance of them would not cease from their offspring.

• Job 18:17

  His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name on the face of the open country.

• Psalms 6:5

  For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you thanks?

• Psalms 9:6

  The enemy has come to an end: ruins forever; cities you have uprooted; has perished their memory, theirs.

• Psalms 30:4

  Sing psalms to YHWH, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.

• Psalms 34:16

  The face of YHWH is against those who do evil, to cut off from the earth their remembrance.

• Psalms 97:12

  Be glad, you righteous, in YHWH, and give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.

• Psalms 102:12

  But you, YHWH, forever sit enthroned, and your remembrance is to generation and generation.

• Psalms 109:15

  Let them be before YHWH continually, and may he cut off from the earth their memory,

• Psalms 111:4

  He has made a remembrance of his wonders; gracious and merciful is YHWH.

• Psalms 112:6

  For he will never be shaken; in eternal remembrance will be the righteous.

• Psalms 135:13

  YHWH, your name is forever; YHWH, your remembrance from generation to generation.

• Psalms 145:7

  The remembrance of the abundance of your goodness they will pour forth, and of your righteousness they will shout for joy.

• Proverbs 10:7

  The memory of the righteous is for a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

• Ecclesiastes 9:5

  For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, and there are no more wages for them, for their memory is forgotten.

• Isaiah 26:8

  Yes, in the path of your judgments, YHWH, we have waited for you; to your name and to your remembrance is the desire of our soul.

• Isaiah 26:14

  The dead will not live; shades will not rise; therefore you have punished and destroyed them, and you have made all remembrance of them perish.

• Hosea 12:5

  YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, YHWH is his remembrance.

• Hosea 14:7

  Those who dwell in his shade will return; they will make the grain live, and they will blossom like the vine; his remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.