Record
דִּכְרוֹןStrong’s H1799dikhron (dikh-ron)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dikhron is the Aramaic word usually translated “records the” and “memorandum”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.”
Meaning
- Record, memorandum
- Record, memorandum
How it's translated
- records the 2
- memorandum 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
דִּכְרוֹן dikhron · record
record, memorandum Aramaic of zikh.ron (זִכָּרוֹן "memorial" H2146)
דָּכְרָן dakran · record
record, memorandum Aramaic of zikh.ron (זִכָּרוֹן "memorial" H2146)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “record” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RECORD', verb intransitive
To sing or repeat a tune. [Not in use.]
All definitions and other forms of “record”
REC'ORD, noun
- A register; an authentic or official copy of any writing, or account of any facts and proceedings, entered in a book for preservation; or the book containing such copy or account; as the records of statutes or of judicial courts; the records of a town or parish.
- Authentic memorial; as the records of past ages.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.