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STRONGS NUMBER H2143
Transliteration: zeker
Phonetic Spelling: (zay'-ker)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: remembrance, memorial
Meaning: a memento, recollection, commemoration
Word Summary
zeker: remembrance, memorial
Original Word: זֵכֶרTransliteration: zeker
Phonetic Spelling: (zay'-ker)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: remembrance, memorial
Meaning: a memento, recollection, commemoration
Strong's Concordance
memorial, memory, remembrance, scent Or zeker {zeh'-ker}; from zakar; a memento, abstr. Recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration -- memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.
see HEBREW zakar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2143. zeker
II. זֶ֫כֶר noun masculine Exodus 17:14, see following.
זֵ֫כֶר noun masculinePsalm 9:7 remembrance, memorial (compare HptHebraica. 1885, 230) — ׳ז absolute 111:4; construct Deuteronomy 25:19 +; זֶכֶר construct Exodus 17:14 van d. H; suffix זִכְרִי 3:15, זִכְרְךָ Isaiah 26:8 +, זִכְרֶ֑ךָ Psalm 6:6, זִכְרוֺ Hosea 12:6 +, זִכְרָם Deuteronomy 32:26 +: —
1 remembrance, memory:
a. of persons or people, blotted out by their destruction, Exodus 17:14 (E; with מחה) = Deuteronomy 25:19; 32:26 (השׁבית) Psalm 34:17; 109:15 (both הכרית), 9:7 (אבד), Job 18:17 (אבד; "" שֵׁם), Isaiah 26:14 (אבּד); compare on other hand ׳ז עוֺלָם as portion of righteous.
b. of ׳י Psalm 6:6; 102:13 ("" אַתָּה = יהוה).
c. of ׳יs character and works Psalm 30:5; 97:12; 111:4.
d. remembrance of particular days, i.e. their observance Esther 9:28 (יְמֵי הַמּוּרִים).
2 memorial, by which one is remembered:
a. nearly = ׳ז לִבְרָכָה צַדִּיק שֵׁם, Proverbs 10:7 ("" שֵׁם), compare also Ecclesiastes 9:5 (with נשׁכח); especially of ׳י Exodus 3:15 (E), Hosea 12:6; Isaiah 26:8; Psalm 135:13 (all "" שֵׁם).
b. = renown (of Israel) Hosea 14:8 (compare VB).