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To remember

זָכַרStrong’s H2142

zakhar (za-khar)

Appears in 223 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Zakhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “remember”, “remembered” and “recorder”. It appears in 223 verses of the Old Testament.

“And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.”
Zechariah 10:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. To remember, recall, call to mind(Qal) to remember, recall · (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
  • remember 49
  • and you will remember 13
  • i will remember 9
  • they will be remembered 8
  • and he remembered 7
  • he remembered 7
  • the recorder 7
  • you will remember 6

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 51
  • Isaiah 26
  • Ezekiel 20
  • Jeremiah 15
  • Deuteronomy 14
  • Job 10

32 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 223 verses, by book
Leviticus 2
26:4226:45
Joshua 2
1:1323:7
Judges 3
8:349:216:28
1 Kings 2
4:317:18
1 Chronicles 4
16:416:1216:1518:15
2 Chronicles 3
6:4224:2234:8
Esther 2
2:19:28
Proverbs 1
31:7
Ecclesiastes 4
5:209:1511:812:1
Song of Solomon 1
1:4
Lamentations 6
1:71:92:13:193:205:1
Amos 2
1:96:10
Jonah 1
2:7
Micah 1
6:5
Nahum 1
2:5
Habakkuk 1
3:2
Zechariah 2
10:913:2
Malachi 1
4:4
Hebrew dictionary

זָכַר zakhar · to remember

1) to remember, recall, call to mind 1a) (Qal) to remember, recall 1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to remember, remind 1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance 1c3) to mention 1c4) to record 1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “remember” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REMEM'BER, verb transitive

[Low Latin rememoror; re and memoror. See Memory.]

  1. To have in the mind an idea which had been in the mind before, and which recurs to the mind without effort.
  2. When we use effort to recall an idea, we are said to recollect it.“Remember the days of old” Deuteronomy 32:7
  3. To bear or keep in mind; to attend to.
  4. To preserve the memory of; to preserve from being forgotten.
All definitions
  1. To mention. [Not in use.]
  2. To put in mind; to remind; as, to remember one of his duty. [Not in use.]
  3. To think of and consider; to meditate. Psalms 63:6
  4. To bear in mind with esteem; or to reward. Ecclesiastes 9:15
  5. To bear in mind with praise or admiration; to celebrate. 1 Chronicles 16:12
  6. To bear in mind with favor, care, and regard for the safety or deliverance of any one. Psalms 74:2Genesis 8:1Genesis 19:29
  7. To bear in mind with intent to reward or punish.
  8. To bear in mind with confidence; to trust in.
  9. To bear in mind with the purpose of assisting or relieving. Galatians 2:10
  10. To bear in mind with reverence; to obey.“Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth” Ecclesiastes 12:1
  11. To bear in mind with regard; to keep as sacred; to observe.“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” Exodus 20:8

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.