Difference between revisions of "Recorder"

<p> ( '''''Mazkir''''' ). Historiographer, whose charge was over the public registers, to see that fit persons put on record for future remembrance the annals of the kingdom. A high office; the chancellor, not merely national annalist ''(As [[Vulgate]] And Septuagint)'' ; he kept a record of whatever took place around the king, informed him of what occurred in the kingdom, and presided over the privy council (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:24; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:15, margin "at the hand of the king"; &nbsp;1 Kings 4:3; &nbsp;2 Kings 18:18; &nbsp;2 Kings 18:37; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:8). </p>

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The [[Recorder]] of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court. </p>

<p> RECORD'ER, n. </p> 1. A person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions one who enrolls or records. 2. An officer of a city who is keeper of the rolls or records, or who is invested with judicial powers. 3. Formerly, a kind of flute, flageolet or wind instrument. <p> The figures of recorders, flutes and pipes are straight but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below. </p>

<p> <strong> RECORDER </strong> . See King, <strong> 2 </strong> (6) (c). </p>

<p> ( '''''מִזְכַּיר''''' '', Mazkir', A Remembrancer;'' Sept. '''''Ἀναμιμνήσκων''''' , '''''Ὑπομνηματογράφος''''' ) '','' an officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council (&nbsp;Isaiah 36:3; &nbsp;Isaiah 36:22). The title itself may, perhaps, have reference to his office as adviser of the king; at all events, the notices prove that he was more than an annalist, though the superintendence of the records was without doubt intrusted to him. In David's court the recorder appears among the high officers of his household (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:24; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:15). In Solomon's he is coupled with the three secretaries, and is mentioned last, probably as being their president (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:3). Under Hezekiah, the recorder, in conjunction with the praefect of the palace and the secretary, represented the king (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:18; &nbsp;2 Kings 18:37). The patronymic of the recorder at this time, [[Joah]] the son of Asaph, makes it probable that he was a Levite. Under Josiah, the recorder, the secretary, and the governor of the city were intrusted with the superintendence of the repairs of the [[Temple]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:8). These notices are sufficient to prove the high position held by him. The same office is mentioned as existing in the [[Persian]] court, both ancient and modern, where it is called wauka nuwish; andl also in the time of the Roman emperors [[Arcadius]] and Honorius, under the name of magiste memorice. In &nbsp;Ezra 4:15, mention is made of "the book of the records," and in &nbsp;Esther 6:1; &nbsp;Esther 10:2, of "the book of records of the chronicles," written by officers of this nature. Many of the royal annals of Egypt and [[Assyria]] were sculptured on the obelisks, slabs, and monuments, and are still in fine preservation; and already they have contributed to the illustration of the inspired records. (See [[Scribe]]). </p>

<p> ''''' rḗ ''''' - ''''' kôr´dẽr ''''' ( מזכּיר , <i> ''''' mazkı̄r ''''' </i> ; the Revised Version margin "chronicler"): A high functionary in the court of the Jewish kings, part of whose duty seems to have been to chronicle the events of the reign, but who also occupied a position corresponding with that of the modern vizier (&nbsp; 2 Samuel 8:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 20:24; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:15 , etc.). His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented [[Hezekiah]] in speaking with [[Rabshakeh]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:18 ), and, in the reign of Josiah, superintended the repairs of the temple (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:8 ). </p>