What does זִכְרוֹן (zikĕrwōn) mean in the Bible?
זִכְרוֹן (zikĕrwōn): Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
Hebrew · H2146
זִכְרוֹן
A memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
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זִכְרוֹן H2146
Pronunciation zikĕrwōn
What does זִכְרוֹן (zikĕrwōn) mean in the Bible?
זִכְרוֹן (zikĕrwōn): Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2146?
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a memorial (3), as a memorial (3), as a reminder (2), as memorial (2), of memorial (2).
Where does זִכְרוֹן (zikĕrwōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 12:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (8), Numbers (5), Ecclesiastes (3), Esther (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a memorial 3× Exodus 12:14, Exodus 30:16, Joshua 4:7
as a memorial 3× Exodus 28:12, Numbers 31:54, Zechariah 6:14
as a reminder 2× Exodus 17:14, Numbers 10:10
as memorial 2× Exodus 28:12, Exodus 39:7
of memorial 2× Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:18
remembrance 2× Ecclesiastes 1:11, Ecclesiastes 2:16
and a reminder 1× Exodus 13:9
announced 1× Leviticus 23:24
of Records 1× Esther 6:1
of remembrance 1× Malachi 3:16
or claim 1× Nehemiah 2:20
remembered 1× Ecclesiastes 1:11
reminder 1× Exodus 28:29
This was to be a reminder 1× Numbers 16:40
Your maxims 1× Job 13:12
your memorial 1× Isaiah 57:8
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 12:14 לְזִכָּר֔וֹן to a memorial Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 13:9 וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ to and a reminder Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 17:14 זִכָּרוֹן֙ to as a reminder Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:12 זִכָּרֹ֖ן to as memorial Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:12 לְזִכָּרֹֽן׃ס to as a memorial Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 28:29 לְזִכָּרֹ֥ן to reminder Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 30:16 לְזִכָּרוֹן֙ to a memorial Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 39:7 זִכָּר֖וֹן to as memorial Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 23:24 זִכְר֥וֹן to announced Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 5:15 זִכָּר֖וֹן to of memorial Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 12:14
Aligned rows 24
Books represented 11
Exodus 8 Leviticus 1 Numbers 5 Joshua 1 Nehemiah 1 Esther 1 Job 1 Ecclesiastes 3 Isaiah 1 Zechariah 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
זִכָּר֖וֹן 2x zik·kā·rō·wn Exodus 39:7, Numbers 5:15
לְזִכָּרוֹן֙ 2x lə·zik·kā·rō·wn Exodus 30:16, Numbers 10:10
הַזִּכָּר֔וֹן 1x haz·zik·kā·rō·wn Numbers 5:18
הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ 1x haz·ziḵ·rō·nō·wṯ Esther 6:1
וְזִכָּר֖וֹן 1x wə·zik·kā·rō·wn Nehemiah 2:20
וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ 1x ū·lə·zik·kā·rō·wn Exodus 13:9
זִכְר֥וֹן 1x ziḵ·rō·wn Leviticus 23:24
זִכְר֖וֹן 1x ziḵ·rō·wn Ecclesiastes 1:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 8x Exodus 17:14, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 39:7, Numbers 5:15
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 7x Exodus 12:14, Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 30:16
Noun - masculine singular construct 3x Leviticus 23:24, Ecclesiastes 1:11, Ecclesiastes 2:16
Article | Noun - masculine plural 1x Esther 6:1
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Numbers 5:18
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Nehemiah 2:20
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 1x Exodus 13:9
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural 1x Job 13:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
Source Gloss
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing) BDB: memorial Usage: memorial, record.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
זִכְרוֹן is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain