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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, Biblical 11th of the Twelve Prophets; see Zachariah.
Wikipedia
Zechariah (; , " YHWH has remembered"; Zakariya' or Zakkariya; Zakharias; ) was a person in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was a prophet of the two-tribe Kingdom of Judah, and, like the prophet Ezekiel, was of priestly extraction.
Zechariah (זכריה in Hebrew ; "remember God"; Ζαχαρίας in Greek, Zacharias in KJV, Zachary in the Douay-Rheims Bible) is a figure in the Bible and the Quran. In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron, a prophet in , and the husband of Elizabeth who is a relative of the Virgin Mary.
The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning " The Lord 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.
Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may refer to:
The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "Yah Has Remembered". It is a theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the Tetragrammaton.
It has many variant forms and spellings including Sachariah ( Scottish Gaelic), Sakari ( Finnish), Cherian (Malayalam), Skaria, Xackary, Zacarías, Zaccaria, Zaccharia, Zacharia, Zachariah, Zakharia, Zacharias, Zaharia, Zakaria, Zachery, Zakarija, Zakariya, Sakariye, Zakariyya, Zachary, Zachari, Zackary, Zakary, Zekerijah and Zekeriya.
Common shortened forms of the name are Zach, Zack and Zac, which may also be given names in their own right.
Usage examples of "zechariah".
When Zechariah and Judah had driven up in the landcars a short while ago, they had gone wild, loudly praising the Lord like charismatics, dancing like savages, wild with happiness, wild with anticipation of news from the outside world, wild with joy that the party had made the trip and survived, and wild with the hope that some remnants of civilization and their old lives--the landcars--had survived.
When everyone except the watchers was present, Zechariah Brattle called for order.
But Zechariah Brattle also knew he would not object to having Charles as his son-in-law.
As the premassacre and present mayor of New Salem, and by default the leader of what remained of the City of God sect, Zechariah Brattle possessed all the authority of both a clergyman and a notary.
He regarded his guests, the man called Bass and this Zechariah Brattle, formerly mayor of New Salem.
At the agreed-upon time and place, Gunnery Sergeant Bass, Major Devi, along with Zechariah Brattle and the people who accompanied them from New Salem, boarded a military vehicle and picked up Uma Devi.
He had discussed the need for signs and countersigns at night with Zechariah but apparently he hadn't been very clear.
It appears that Zechariah swiped Isaiah's metaphor about a fresh branch coming forth from the withered Davidic line, although later it appears that he's naming Zerubbabel as the Messiah.
But even the reprobate Jews hold Malachi, Haggai, Zechariah, and Ezra as the last received into canonical authority.