H1799 — דִּכְרוֹן (dikrôwn)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H1799
Original: דִּכְרוֹן
Transliteration: dikrôwn
Pronunciation: dik-rone'
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: Aramaic cognate of Hebrew זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn, H2146), from root זָכַר (zâkar, H2142) "to remember"; alternate form דׇּכְרָן (dokrân)
Occurrences: 2 unique verses (3 tokens) in OT
First Occurrence: Ezra 4:15 — "That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

(Aramaic) or דׇּכְרָן dokrân (Aramaic); corresponding to H2146 זִכְרוֹן; a register: — record.

BDB expanded: דִּכְרוֺן — noun masculine, memorandum, record (Biblical Hebrew H2146 זִכָּרוֺן, root זָכַר; compare Nabataean, Palmyrene דכר(ו)ן). Emphatic form דִּכְרוֺנָה in Ezra 6:2. Alternate form דָּכְרָן with plural emphatic סְפַר דָּכְרָנַיָּא in Ezra 4:15 (twice in verse).

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
of the records	2	66.7%
a record	1	33.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Ezra	2	0.7

Patterns: Exclusively in the Aramaic section of Ezra (chapters 4–6), within correspondence between Persian officials and the Jewish returnees. Both occurrences are administrative/archival in context.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Official Archival Records (Plural Emphatic — דָּכְרָנַיָּא)¶

Ezra 4:15 — "That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed."

The phrase סְפַר דָּכְרָנַיָּא (sᵉphar dâkrânayâʼ) = "book of the records" — a royal archive of historical memoranda. Used twice in this verse, referring to Persian/Babylonian administrative records that document past political events.

2. Single Written Memorandum (Emphatic — דִּכְרוֺנָה)¶

Ezra 6:2 — "And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:"

Here dikrôwnâh (emphatic singular) denotes the specific memorandum of Cyrus's decree found at Ecbatana. Paired with מְגִלָּה (mᵉgillâh, H4040) "roll/scroll" — the physical container bearing the official record.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
סְפַר (çᵉphar)	H5609	1x	"book of the records" (סְפַר דָּכְרָנַיָּא) — archive container
מְגִלָּה (mᵉgillâh)	H4040	1x	"a roll, and therein a record" — scroll bearing the memorandum
מֶלֶךְ (melek)	H4430	1x	royal/imperial context of the records
בְּקַר (bᵉqar)	H1240	1x	"search" — official investigation of archives
כְּתַב (kᵉthab)	H3790	1x	"written" — the record is a written document
אַב (ʼab)	H2	1x	"thy fathers" — ancestral records

Word Family / Cognates¶

H2142 זָכַר (zâkar) — root verb: to remember, mention, record (233x; see H2142-zakar.md)
H2146 זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn) — Hebrew cognate noun: memorial, record (24x)
H2143 זֵכֶר (zêker) — memorial, remembrance, name (24x)

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn)	H2146	"record" (1x in Est 6:1)	Hebrew cognate used across OT for memorials, feasts, stones; dikrôwn is Aramaic administrative term only
זָכַר (zâkar)	H2142	"record" (1x as verb)	Verb "to record/remember"; dikrôwn is the noun product
סֵפֶר (çêpher)	H5612	"book" / "register"	Hebrew: the document/scroll itself; dikrôwn = the content (memorandum) written on such a document
עוּד (ʻûwd)	H5749	"to record" (3x)	Verb: to testify, bear witness; different semantic field (testimony vs. administrative notation)