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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 18 times in 18 verses in 'Lev' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - “ ‘If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - “ ‘If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the LORD, you are to offer a male or female without defect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:23 - and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become holy.[fn]’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:29 - Any male in a priest’s family may eat it; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:6 - Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. “ ‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:19 - you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels[fn] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels[fn] and of a female at ten shekels[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels[fn] of silver and that of a female at three shekels[fn] of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels[fn] and of a female at ten shekels.
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