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Zechariah.

A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/
  1. A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.

  2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

  3. A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.

  4. A Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist, considered a major prophet in Islam.

  5. A male given name from Hebrew.

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Where this word comes from

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”). Doublet of Zach, Zachary, Zachariah, Zacharias, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

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