Zechariah

American  

[zek-uh-rahy-uh] / ˌzɛk əˈraɪ ə /

noun

1. a Minor Prophet of the 6th century b.c.

2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Zech., Zc.

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Zechariah British  

/ ˌzɛkəˈraɪə /

noun

1. Old Testament

   1. a Hebrew prophet of the late 6th century _bc

   2. Douay spelling: Zacharias.  the book containing his oracles, which are chiefly concerned with the renewal of Israel after the exile as a national, religious, and messianic community with the restored Temple and rebuilt Jerusalem as its centre

2. a variant spelling of Zachariah See Zacharias

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Etymology

Origin of Zechariah

From Late Latin Zaccharias, from Greek Zacharías, from Hebrew Zəkharyāh “God has remembered”; Zachariah ( def. )

Example Sentences

Even after this turn of events, Michelangelo agreed to work with him again on a new commission, the Sistine Chapel, where he painted the pope’s face on a portrait of the prophet Zechariah.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

When Zechariah had checked the faces of the family and they had been moved into storage, he walked to the edge of the area where the bodies were being processed and wept.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023

At that point, Asesinato featured the brute drumming of Zechariah Ghosttribe, Peña’s then-roommate and Doroheng’s then-co-worker, and it would later include Charlie Flack on bass.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

Budiansky also does a fine job of telling the story of Holmes’s gradual move to embracing free speech under the influence of Judge Learned Hand and the Harvard Law School professor Zechariah Chafee.

From New York Times • May 28, 2019

I know well that thy end is to be destroyed, for already Zechariah, the son of Iddo, hath prophesied, Open thy doors, O Lebanon, and let a fire consume thy cedars!”

From Studies in Zechariah by Gaebelein, Arno C.