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Job 18:17
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זֵכֶרzêker · zay'-ker
H2143 · Hebrew
H2143 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
- Derivation
- or זֶכֶר; from H2142 (זָכַר);
- KJV renderings
- memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.
- Grammar
- זִֽכְר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 3:15Exodus 17:14Deuteronomy 25:19Deuteronomy 32:26Esther 9:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זֵכֶר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.