Zâkûwr — H2138

Definition

masculine noun

a male (of man or animals)

1. male

Usually translated as

males, men-children

Origin

properly, passive participle of H2142, but used for H2145

• Zâkar (H2142)
• Zâkâr (H2145)

Occurrences

Zâkûwr occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (2)

• Exodus 23:17 — Three times in the year all thy males (זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔) shall appear before the Lord GOD.
• Exodus 34:23 — Thrice in the year shall all your men children (זְכ֣וּרְךָ֔) appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 16:16 — Three times in a year shall all thy males (זְכוּרְךָ֜) appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
• Deuteronomy 20:13 — And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male (זְכוּרָ֖הּ) thereof with the edge of the sword: