Definition

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

Etymology

a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 (זָכָר)

Word family

• זָכָר zâkâr

How the KJV renders it

• burn (incense)
• earnestly
• be male
• (make) mention (of)
• be mindful
• recount
• record(-er)
• remember
• make to be remembered
• bring (call
• come
• keep
• put) to (in) remembrance
• still
• think on
• well

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.