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# זְכַרְיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2148

**Zachariah** — used 25 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Zachariah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְכַרְיָהוּ: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** oftener זְכַרְיָה n.pr.m. (Sab. ידֿכראל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 43) 𝔊 Ζαχαρια(ς), etc.:— זכריהו, king of Isr., son of Jerob. II, 2 K 15:8 = זכריה 14:29; 15:11. זכריהו, father of Hezekiah’s mother 2 Ch 29:1 = זכריה 2 K 18:2. זכריהו, contemporary of Isaiah Is 8:2. זכריהו, a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:7. זכריה, a Benjamite 1 Ch 9:37 (𝔊 Ζαχαρια, A Ζαχχουρ 𝔊L Ζεχρει) = זָ֑כֶר 1 Ch 8:31 (v. i. \[זֶכֶר\]). זכריהו, a Manassite 1 Ch 27:21 (𝔊 Ζαβδειου, 𝔊L Ζαχαριου). זכריהו, a son of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 21:2. זכריה, a captain of Jehosh. 2 Ch 17:7. זכריהו, teacher of Uzziah 2 Ch 26:5. Levites, זכריהו: 1 Ch 15:18 = זכריה v 20; 16:5. 1 Ch 24:25. 1 Ch 26:2, 14. 1 Ch 26:11. 2 Ch 20:14. 2 Ch 29:13 (𝔊 Ἀζαριας, A Ζαχαριας, so 𝔊L). זכריה: 1 Ch 9:21. 2 Ch 34:12. an Asaphite Ne 12:35. priests, זכריהו: 1 Ch 15:24. 2 Ch 35:8. זכריה: 2 Ch 24:20 (𝔊 Ἀζαριαν; 𝔊L Ζαχαριαν; prob. referred to Matt 23:35, where appar. confusion with f). Ne 11:12. Ne 12:41. the well-known prophet Zc 1:1, 7; 7:1, 8 Ne 12:16 \[cf. Aramaic Ezr 5:1; 6:14\]. returned exiles, זכריה: Ezr 8:3 and perhaps v 16, cf. Ne 8:4. Ezr 8:11 (𝔊 Ἀζαριας, A Ζαχαριας, so 𝔊L). Ezr 10:26. a man of Judah Ne 11:4. id. Ne 11:5 (𝔊 Θηζεια, א Θηδεια, A Ζαχαριου, so 𝔊L).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Zechariah (20); of Zechariah (5).

## In the verses

[Nehemiah 12:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.16/#tree)

לְעִדּ֥וֹא זְכַרְיָ֖ה לְגִנְּת֥וֹן מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* of Iddo Zechariah of Ginnethon Meshullam

*JPS 1917:* of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

[1 Chronicles 9:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/#tree)

זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* Zechariah the.son of.Meshelemiah \[was\].a.gatekeeper of.the.entrance of the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).