H2144 H2144
Zeker, a Benjamite, variant of Zechariah in Chronicles genealogy
Zeker appears in 1 Chronicles 8:31 and is identified with Zechariah in 9:37, showing typical genealogical variation in Chronicles. The name likely represents a shortened form of Zechariah, meaning 'Yahweh remembers.' The Greek rendering 'Zachour' attempts to capture this abbreviated form. Phoenician inscriptions also attest a name 'zkr,' suggesting this was a common Semitic name pattern beyond Israel.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Benjamite in 1 Chronicles 8:31, equivalent to Zechariah in 9:37. The multilingual glosses transliterate the name, with French and German bracketing it. The abbreviated form relates to the fuller theophoric name 'Zechariah,' and Phoenician parallels ('zkr') demonstrate wider Northwest Semitic usage of this name type. 1×
AR["وَزَاكَر"]·ben["ও-সেখর"]·DE["[וזכר]"]·EN["and-Zekher"]·FR["[וזכר]"]·heb["ו-זכר"]·HI["और-जेकेर"]·ID["dan-Zekher"]·IT["[וזכר]"]·jav["lan-Zekhèr"]·KO["그-와-세겔"]·PT["e-Zecher"]·RU["и-Зехер"]·ES["y-Zaaquer"]·SW["na-Zekeri"]·TR["ve-Zeker"]·urd["اور-زاکر"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [זֶ֫כֶר] n.pr.m. only זָ֑כֶר 1 Ch 8:31 (𝔊 Ζαχουρ) = זְכַרְיָה 9:37 q.v. (cf. Ph. n.pr. זכר).