Memorial
זֵ֫כֶרStrong’s H2143zekher (ze-kher)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zekher is the Hebrew word usually translated “memory their”, “remembrance of” and “remembrance”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
Meaning
- Memorial, remembranceremembrance, memory · memorial
How it's translated
- memory their 5
- remembrance of 3
- to remembrance of 2
- remembrance 2
- memorial my 1
- and remembrance their 1
- memory his 1
- remembrance of you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 11
- Exodus 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- Isaiah 2
- Hosea 2
- Esther 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 17:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
- Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
- Esther 9:28And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
- Job 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Hebrew dictionary
זֵ֫כֶר zekher · memorial
1) memorial, remembrance 1a) remembrance, memory 1b) memorial
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “memorial” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MEMO'RIAL, adjective
[Latin memorialis. See Memory.]
- Preservative of memory.
- Contained in memory; as memorial possession.
All definitions and other forms of “memorial”
MEMO'RIAL, noun
That which preserves the memory of something; any thing that serves to keep in memory. A monument is a memorial of a deceased person, or of an event. The Lord's supper is a memorial of the death and sufferings of Christ.
- Any note or hint to assist the memory.
- A written representation of facts, made to a legislative or other body as the ground of a petition, or a representation of facts accompanied with a petition.
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.