The male given name

Given name

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 Zechariah

Zechariah (given name)

The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "God has remembered". It is a theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the Tetragrammaton....

is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "The Lord

Tetragrammaton

The term Tetragrammaton refers to the name of the God of Israel YHWH used in the Hebrew Bible.-Hebrew Bible:...

 has remembered." It has been translated into English in many variant forms and spellings, including Zachariah, Zacharias and Zachary.

It was the name of various men in the Bible.

New Testament

• Zechariah (priest)
  Zechariah (priest)
  In the Bible, Zechariah , is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron, a prophet in , and the husband of Elisabeth who is the cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus.In the Qur'an, Zechariah plays a similar role as the father of John the Baptist and ranks him as a prophet alongside...
  
  , the father of John the Baptist. In the King James version of the Bible
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   his name was written Zacharias. He is recognised as a saint
  Saint
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   in both the Eastern Orthodox Church
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   and the Roman Catholic Church
  Roman Catholic Church
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  . See also:
  • Islamic view of Zechariah, and
  • Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
    Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
    The Benedictus , given in Gospel of , is one of the three canticles in the opening chapters of this Gospel. The Benedictus was the song of thanksgiving uttered by Zechariah on the occasion of the birth of his son, John the Baptist.The whole canticle naturally falls into two parts...
    
    , his song (canticle) of thanksgiving.

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

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• Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah, spelled this way in KJV.
  • His writings, the Book of Zechariah
    Book of Zechariah
    The Book of Zechariah is the penultimate book of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew and Christian Bible, attributed to the prophet Zechariah.-Historical context:...
    
    .

• Zechariah of Israel (Zachariah in KJV
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  ), king of Israel and son of Jeroboam.

• Zechariah Ben Jehoiada
  Zechariah ben Jehoiada
  Zechariah Ben Jehoiada was the son of Jehoiada, the high priest in the times of Ahaziah and Jehoash of Judah .After the death of Jehoiada, Zechariah boldly condemned both king Jehoash and the people for their rebellion against God...
  
  , son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash. See also:
  • Tomb of Zechariah
    Tomb of Zechariah
    The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument adjacent to the Bnei Hazir tomb.-Architectural description:The monument is a monolith -- it is completely carved out of the solid rock and does not contain a burial chamber. The lowest part of the monument is a crepidoma, a base made of three steps...
    
    , a monument named after him in Jerusalem.

In addition to the characters named above, there are numerous minor characters in the Bible with the same name:

1. A prophet, who had "understanding in the seeing of God," in the time of Uzziah, who was much indebted to him for his wise counsel: .
2. One of the chiefs of the tribe of Reuben: .
3. One of the porters of the tabernacle: .
4. .
5. A Levite who assisted at the bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom: .
6. A Kohathite Levite: .
7. A Merarite Levite: .
8. The father of Iddo: .
9. One who assisted in teaching the law to the people in the time of Jehoshaphat: .
10. A Levite of the sons of Asaph: .
11. One of Jehoshaphat's sons: .
12. The father of Abijah (queen)
    Abijah (queen)
    Abijah is a person named in the Old Testament. She was the daughter of a Zechariah, possibly Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah , and afterwards the wife of Ahaz, and mother of Hezekiah...
    
    , who was the mother of Hezekiah: possibly the same as Isaiah's supporter Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah .
13. One of the sons of Asaph: .
14. One of the "rulers of the house of God": .
15. A chief of the people in the time of Ezra, who consulted him about the return from captivity in ; probably the same as mentioned in .
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