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

Yacoub Zechariah, 39, the deputy mayor of Frankel's home city of Bnei Brak, was on his fifth straight overnight shift for Zaka at the base.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023

“Every team we’ve played against,” said Eagle Rock team captain Zechariah Fuentes, “they’re like, ‘Your coach seems so nice.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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

Against these, Syria, Phoenicia, and the cities of the Philistines, a great calamity and overthrow is prophesied by Zechariah.

From Studies in Zechariah by Gaebelein, Arno C.