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Encyclopedia > Zechariah

Zechariah (or its many variant forms and spellings) may refer to:

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People

Main article: Zechariah (given name)
Main article: Zacharias (surname)
Prophets, saints and popes
Kings
Other people
  • Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus, 6th century bishop of Mytilene, author of the Historia Ecclesiastica
  • Zacarias, a Brazilian actor, regular cast member of comedy film series Os Trapalhões
  • Zacharias (klepht), Zacharias Barbitsiotis (1759-1804), Greek klepht
  • Zakaria Abdulla, Kurdish singer known as Zakaria

Look up Zechariah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Zechariah Ben Jehoida was the son or grandson of Jehoiada, the high priest in the times of Ahaziah and Jehoash (Joash). ... Zechariah as depicted on Michelangelos ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Zechariah or Zecharya (זְכַרְיָה Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. ... The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh attributed to the prophet Zechariah. ... According to the Gospel of Luke, Zechariah (Zacharias in the King James Version of the Bible) was a priest of the line of Abijah, during the reign of King Herod the Great, and was the father of John the Baptist and husband of Elizabeth, a woman from the priestly family... For the hip-hop producer with the same name, see John the Baptist (producer). ... Zakariya (Arabic: زكريا), the New Testament priest Zechariah or Zacharias, is one of the prophets mentioned in the Quran. ... Pope Saint Zachary (Greek Zacharias), pope (741-752). ... His Holiness Zacharias was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. ... Zechariah (spelled Zachariah in the King James Version of the Bible) was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II. His name in Hebrew (זכריה) means remembered by the Lord. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 746 BC-745 BC, while E. R. Thiele... Zacharias I (c. ... For the ancient Israelite king, see Zachariah. ... Zacharias III or Zakarya (c. ... Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz is the 1984 entry in the Brazilian comedy film series Os Trapalhões. ... Zakaria Abdulla (Kurdish: Zekerîa Ebdulla) is a Kurdish music pop-star. ...

Media

Zachariah is a 1971 film starring John Rubinstein as Zachariah and Don Johnson as his best friend Matthew. ... Z for Zachariah is a novel by Robert C. OBrien which was published posthumously in 1975. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Places

  • Zacarias, São Paulo, a municipality in Brazil
  • Zachary, Louisiana, a town in the USA
  • az-Zakariyya or Zakaria, a former Arab village NW of Hebron, currently an Israeli town of Zekharya
  • Zekharya or Kfar Zekharyeh, a town west of Bet Shemesh in Israel, which gave its name to Zekharyeh Airbase now known as Sedot Mikha Airbase
  • Saint-Zacharie, France
  • Saint-Zacharie, Quebec

Zacarias is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. ... Zachary is a city located in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. ... az-Zakariyya or Zakaria (Arabic: زكرية) was a Palestinian Arab village 25km northwest from the city of Hebron (al-Khalil) that was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ...

See also

  • Zechariah (biblical)
  • All pages beginning with Zac
  • All pages beginning with Zak
  • All pages beginning with Zec
The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning The Lord has remembered. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Zechariah - New World Encyclopedia (1773 words)
Zechariah's death is not recorded in the New Testament, although an apocryphal tradition in the Infancy Gospel of James reports that he was murdered by agents of Herod the Great in the temple courtyard.
Zechariah is identified in Luke's gospel as belonging to the division of Abijah, one of the priestly families assigned to temple ministry in 1 Chronicles 23-24.
While Zechariah ministered at the golden altar of incense, an angel of God announced to him that his wife would give birth to a son, whom he was to name John, who would be a strict Nazirite from birth and would fulfill the mission of the prophet Elijah as the forerunner of the long-expected Messiah.
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, (2095 words)
Zechariah 1:7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:
Zechariah 7:1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
Zechariah - Probably this is that Zechariah whom the Jews slew between the temple and the altar, Matt 23:35.
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