Recorder

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

( 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 ( 2 Samuel 8:16;  2 Samuel 20:24;  1 Chronicles 18:15, margin "at the hand of the king";  1 Kings 4:3;  2 Kings 18:18;  2 Kings 18:37;  2 Chronicles 34:8).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Recorder. 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. In David's court, the recorder appeal's among the high officers of his household.  2 Samuel 8:16;  2 Samuel 20:24;  1 Chronicles 18:15 In Solomon's court, he is coupled with the three secretaries.  1 Kings 4:3. Compare  2 Kings 18:18;  2 Kings 18:37;  2 Chronicles 34:8.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.

(2): ( n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

(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.

King James Dictionary

RECORD'ER, n.

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.

The figures of recorders, flutes and pipes are straight but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One in high office, who kept the records of the kingdom, a remembrancer.  2 Samuel 8:16;  2

Kings 18:18;  1 Chronicles 18:15;  Isaiah 36:3,22 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 8:16 1 Kings 4:3 2 Kings 18:18,37 Isaiah 36:3,22 2 Chronicles 34:8

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Or remembrancer, a sort of registrar of affairs at the court of Judah,  2 Samuel 8:16;  1 Kings 4:3;  2 Kings 18:18 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 8:16 2 Samuel 20:24

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

RECORDER . See King, 2 (6) (c).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( 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 ( Isaiah 36:3;  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 ( 2 Samuel 8:16;  2 Samuel 20:24;  1 Chronicles 18:15). In Solomon's he is coupled with the three secretaries, and is mentioned last, probably as being their president ( 1 Kings 4:3). Under Hezekiah, the recorder, in conjunction with the praefect of the palace and the secretary, represented the king ( 2 Kings 18:18;  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 ( 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  Ezra 4:15, mention is made of "the book of the records," and in  Esther 6:1;  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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rḗ - kôr´dẽr ( מזכּיר , mazkı̄r  ; 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 (  2 Samuel 8:16;  2 Samuel 20:24;  1 Chronicles 18:15 , etc.). His high rank is shown by the facts that, with other officers, he represented Hezekiah in speaking with Rabshakeh ( 2 Kings 18:18 ), and, in the reign of Josiah, superintended the repairs of the temple ( 2 Chronicles 34:8 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Recorder, the title of a high officer in the court of the kings of Judah (;; ). 'Remembrancer' would perhaps be a more exact translation of the title. The officer thus designated seems to have been not only the grand custodier of the public records, but to have kept the responsible registry of the current transactions of the government. This was an employment of the very first rank and dignity in the courts of the ancient East.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An English law official, the chief Judicial officer of a city or borough; discharges the functions of judge at the Quarter-Sessions of his district; must be a barrister of at least five years' standing; is appointed by the Crown, but paid by the local authority; is debarred from sitting on the licensing bench, but is not withheld from practising at the bar; the sheriff in Scotland is a similar official.