זָכָר
zâkâr · H2145 · Hebrew · 83 occurrences
Meanings
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male, man
Person or animal belonging to the male sex
ExamplesGenesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them “mankind” on the day when they were created.
Genesis 6:19 “And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
18 occurrences in 12 groups
- מֵאָהhundred 4
- תָּמִיםwithout defect, blameless, whole 4
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
Named alongside itApposition
19 occurrences in 15 groups
- בְּכוֹרfirstborn 3
- בֵּןson 3
- יָצָאto go out 3
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
What it doesIt is the subject
10 occurrences in 3 groups
- מוּלto circumcise 5
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 4
- יָלַדto bear 1
What is done to itIt is the object
10 occurrences in 7 groups
- הָרַגto kill 3
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- חָרַםto devote to destruction, to utterly destroy 1
- יָלַדto bear 1
- כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1
- מָלַטto escape, to deliver 1
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּרָאto create 2
What it is said to bePredicate
13 occurrences in 4 groups
- וֹhim 10
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
- הֶםthem 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 6
- אֵתwith 4
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
10 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִשְׁכָּבbed, couch 5
- מִסְפָּרnumber 3
- צֶלֶםimage 1
- תַּבְנִיתpattern, likeness, form 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄῤῥην árrhēn · G730 · male, man, firstborn son
- Greek ἄῤῥην renders Hebrew זָכָר in biological/grammatical gender contexts, both denoting 'male' as a sex category.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Sex002001001051
- זָכָר denotes the male sex, as God creates humanity male and female in His own image.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2145. zakar זָכָר noun masculine & adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COTGloss…
זָכָר noun masculine &
adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COTGloss LyonManual, Gloss; Arabic ; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, ; 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 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 Gen 1:27 +; plural (ה)זְכָרִים Exo 13:12 +; see also [זָכוּר]: —
I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exo 13:12, Exo 13:15 (plural, both J E); opposed to נְקֵבָה Deu 4:16; specifically 1 of men:
a. in phrase יָָֽדְעָה לא אשׁר זָכָר לְמִשְׁכַב אישׁ Jdg 21:12 (BuRS 153 DrIntr. 151), compare Jdg 21:11, Num 31:17-18, Num 31:35 (all 3 P); זָכָר צַלְמֵי Eze 16:17.
b. alone = man Jer 30:6 (זָכָ֑ר אִםיֹֿלֵד רְאוּ || גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Jdg 21:11; 1Ki 11:15-16, Gen 34:25; Lev 6:11; Lev 6:22; Lev 7:6; Num 1:2, Num 1:20, Num 1:22; Num 3:28, Num 3:34, Num 3:39; Num 18:10; Num 26:62; Num 31:7, Num 31:17 (all P); plural (ה)זכרים2Ch 31:16; Ezr 8:3-4, Ezr 8:5, Ezr 8:6, Ezr 8:7, Ezr 8:8, Ezr 8:9, Ezr 8:10, Ezr 8:11, Ezr 8:12, 13, 14, so also Jos 5:4 (|| כלֿ העם, and המלחמה כלאֿנשׁי), Jos 17:2 (gloss? compare DrIntr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Gen 17:10, Gen 17:12, Gen 17:14, Gen 17:23; Gen 34:15, Gen 34:22, Gen 34:24; Exo 12:48 (all P); of male child Lev 12:2 (P) Isa 66:7; opposed to נְקֵבָה Gen 1:27; Gen 5:2; Lev 12:7 (child) Lev 15:33; Lev 27:3, Lev 27:5, Lev 27:6, Lev 27:7; Num 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean דֿ(כ)רם פאו אנתֿים DHMl.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Lev 18:22; Lev 20:13 (both H).
2 of animals, especially for sacrifice Exo 34:19 (J E; read הַזָּכָר for תִּזָּכָר ᵑ0); Exo 12:5; Lev 1:3, Lev 1:10; Lev 4:23 (all P) Lev 22:19 (H), Mal 1:14; opposed to נְקֵבָה Gen 6:19; Gen 7:3, Gen 7:9, Gen 7:16; Lev 3:1, Lev 3:6 (all P).
II. adjective singular male (only human beings) ז בֵּן ׳יֻלַּדלְֿךָ Jer 20:15; ז ׳כָּלבְּֿכֹר Num 3:40, Num 3:43 (both P).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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