Lexical Definition

‎זֵכֶר‎ zêker (zay'-ker) memorial ^H:N-M
or זֶכֶר zeker (zeh'-ker); from ‎זָכַר‎

memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.

• a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever)
• by implication, commemoration

1) memorial, remembrance
1a) remembrance, memory
1b) memorial

See Greek: μνήμη · μνημόσυνον · ὄνομα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎זֶ֫כֶר‎ noun masculine Exod 17:14, see following.

‎זֵ֫כֶר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 9:7*} remembrance, memorial (compare Hpt^{Hebraica. 1885, 230}) — ‎׳‎‎ז‎ absolute Ps 111:4 construct Deut 25:19 +; ‎זֶכֶר‎ construct Exod 17:14 van d. H; suffix ‎זִכְרִי‎ Exod 3:15, ‎זִכְרְךָ‎ Isa 26:8 +, ‎זִכְרֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 6:6*, ‎זִכְרוֺ‎ Hos 12:6* +, ‎זִכְרָם‎ Deut 32:26 +: —

1. remembrance, memory:
a. of persons or people, blotted out by their destruction, Exod 17:14 (E; with ‎מחה‎) = Deut 25:19; Deut 32:26 (‎השׁבית‎) Ps 34:17*; Ps 109:15 (both ‎הכרית‎), Ps 9:7* (‎אבד‎), Job 18:17 (‎אבד‎; || ‎שֵׁם‎), Isa 26:14 (‎אבּד‎); compare on other hand ‎עוֺלָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ as portion of righteous.
b. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 6:6*; Ps 102:13* (|| ‎אַתָּה‎ = ‎יהוה‎).
c. of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s character and works Ps 30:5*; Ps 97:12; Ps 111:4.
d. remembrance of particular days, i.e. their observance Esth 9:28 (‎הַפּוּרִים יְמֵי‎).

2. memorial, by which one is remembered:
a. nearly = ‎שֵׁם‎, ‎צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Prov 10:7 (|| ‎שֵׁם‎), compare also Eccl 9:5 (with ‎נשׁכח‎); especially of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 3:15 (E), Hos 12:6*; Isa 26:8; Ps 135:13 (all || ‎שֵׁם‎).
b. = renown (of Israel) Hos 14:8* (compare VB).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References