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Lexicon :: Strong's H2145 - zāḵār

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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 therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - “All the firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall sanctify to the LORD your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - And there was a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer,[fn] the children of Helek, the children of Asriel, the children of Shechem, the children of Hepher, and the children of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - “And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; 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

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the LORD his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the common-lands of their cities, in every single city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:3 - of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and registered with him were one hundred and fifty males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:4 - of the sons of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:5 - of the sons of Shechaniah,[fn] Ben-Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:6 - of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:8 - of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:10 - of the sons of Shelomith,[fn] Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and sixty males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:12 - of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him one hundred and ten males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:13 - of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:14 - also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Let the man be cursed
Who brought news to my father, saying,
“A male child has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - Ask now, and see,
Whether a man is ever in labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - “You have also taken your beautiful jewelry from My gold and My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images and played the harlot with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed be the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished—
For I am a great King,”
Says the LORD of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.

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