Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)
Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
Prophet
The Book of Zechariah introduces him as the son of Berechiah#In scripture, Berechiah, ...
, author of the
Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah is a Jewish text attributed to Zechariah, a Hebrew prophet of the late 6th century BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the text is included as part of the Twelve Minor Prophets, itself a part of the second division of that work. In ...
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Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Zechariah was a Jewish priest mentioned in the New Testament and the Quran, and venerated in Christianity and Islam.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, '' The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary'', Note. 905: "The third group consists not of men of ac ...
, New Testament figure
Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to:
Bible
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Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah is a Jewish text attributed to Zechariah, a Hebrew prophet of the late 6th century BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the text is included as part of the Twelve Minor Prophets, itself a part of the second division of that work. In ...
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Zechariah of Israel
Zechariah ( ''Zəḵaryā'', meaning "remembered by Yah"; also ''Zachariah'', ''Zacharias''; ) was the fourteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II.
Zechariah became king of Israel in Samaria in the thi ...
, king of Israel for 6 months c. 752 BCE
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Zechariah ben Jehoiada
Zechariah ben Jehoiada is a figure in the Hebrew Bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by Jehoash of Judah, and may possibly have been alluded to in the New Testament.
Lineage
Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, the High Priest ...
, a priest
People
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Zechariah (given name)
Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה), with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a Theophoric name, theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root wikt ...
, a given name (with list of people and fictional characters with the name); includes all the variants (Zacharias, Zecharias, Zechariah, etc.)
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Zacharias (surname)
The surname Zacharias and various related forms are derived from the Hebrew given name Zechariah (given name), Zechariah. Notable people with this surname or its variants include:
Medieval period
*Bartolomeo Zaccaria (d. 1334), Margrave of Bodo ...
and various related forms (with list of people with the name)
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Zaharia family
The Zaharia family, also known as the Zakarija, Zakaria or Zaccaria was an Albanian noble family, most prominent during the 14th and 15th century.
History Nicholas Zakarija
The Zaharia family is mentioned for the first time in the 14th century. ...
, medieval Albanian noble family
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Zachary
Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several biblical characters.
People
*Pope Zachary (679–752), pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752
* Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr a ...
, a given name (and list of people with the name)
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Zacharia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zacharias is a small town in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neigh ...
, a town
* Zekharia, a depopulated Palestinian village, presently a moshav in Israel
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Az-Zakariyya
Zekharia () is a moshav in central Israel. It was formerly a Palestinian village, whose inhabitants were expelled in 1948-9. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . ...
, a depopulated Palestinian village in the Hebron sub district
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Khirbat Zakariyya
Khirbat Zakariyya () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 12, 1948, under the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located east of Ramla.
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, a depopulated Palestinian village in the Ramle sub district
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Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah
Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah (variants: Beit Iskâria, Khirbet Zakariah, Beit Skâria) is a small Palestinian village southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank, perched on a hill that rises about above sea level. Administratively, it is associated wi ...
, a village in the Bethlehem Governorate, Palestine
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Tell Zakariya
Azekah (, ''ʿazēqā'') was an ancient town in the Shephela ("lowlands of Judea") guarding the upper reaches of the Valley of Elah, about 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Hebron.
The current '' tell'' (ruin) by that name, also known as Tel ...
Zacharias and Co.
Zacharias and Co. (colloquially known as "Zac's") was a waterproof clothing manufacturing firm and retailer based at 26–27 Cornmarket Street Oxford, England.
Abraham Zacharias was a silversmith, jeweller, and watchmaker/clockmaker at 2 Cornmark ...
, a former waterproof clothing manufacturing firm and retailer based in Oxford, England
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Z for Zachariah
''Z for Zachariah'' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Robert C. O'Brien, which was published posthumously in 1974. The name Robert C. O'Brien was the pen name used by Robert Leslie Conly. After the author's death ...
'', 1974 American science fiction novel by Robert C. O'Brien
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Z for Zachariah (Play for Today)
''Z for Zachariah'' is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Robert C. O'Brien, which was published posthumously in 1974. The name Robert C. O'Brien was the pen name used by Robert Leslie Conly. After the author's death ...
Sdot Micha Airbase
Sdot Micha Airbase (in Hebrew: , ''lit.'' Micha Fields) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) missile base and depot, whose existence Israel neither confirms nor denies. It is situated in the center of Israel, halfway from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean ...
Zechariah (list of biblical figures)
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 nam ...