Zechariah, in the Bible. 1 Prophet and author of the book of Zechariah. 2 Prophet who, with the connivance of King Jehoash, was stoned to death for his public rebuke of idolatry. In the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke it is apparently this martyred Zechariah (NT Zacharias) to whom Jesus referred. See also Berechiah 7. 3 Prophet in the reign of Uzziah. 4 King, the same as Zachariah 1. 5 Maternal grandfather of King Hezekiah. Zacharias, Zachariah, and Zachary are forms of the name Zechariah.

Zechariah, prophetic book of the Bible, which dates from 520 B.C.-518 B.C. at Jerusalem. The prophet was associated with Haggai in a movement to restore the Temple. The book, after an introduction, proceeds with eight visions, prophetic of the restitution of Israel, and a symbolic crowning of the high priest. An address follows on the observance of the commandments and the rewards for doing so. The remainder of Zechariah, very different in tone, consists of prophecies concerning trouble and threat from invading armies and the eventual redemption of Jerusalem. Scholars date this section to a later period (4th or 3d cent. B.C.).

(flourished 6th century BC) One of the 12 Minor Prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, whose prophecies are recorded in the book of Zechariah. (The work is part of a larger book, The Twelve, in the Jewish canon.) His visions concern the return of the Jews to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile, the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, and the world's recognition of Israel's God. The book also includes his apocalyptic visions of the end of time.

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

People

• Prophets, saints and popes

• Zechariah Ben Jehoiada, martyred son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash
• Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
• See also the Book of Zechariah in the Bible
• Zechariah (priest)/St. Zachary, the father of St. John the Baptist
• See also Islamic view of Zechariah
• Pope Zachary (741-752), Greek-Calabrian Catholic saint and Pope
• Pope Zacharias of Alexandria (1004-1032), Coptic PopeKings

• Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel and son of Jeroboam
• Zacharias I of Makuria, c. 722, Nubian ruler
• Zachariah (Khazar), 9th century Khagan of the Khazars
• Zacharias III of Makuria (c.822-c.854), Nubian rulerOther people
• Zachary Boyd, 16th- 17th century Scottish Religious Writer
• 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
• Zachariah Selwyn, American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer
• Zachary Farro, drummer of Paramore

Media

• Zachariah (1971 film) starring John Rubinstein
• Z for Zachariah, a 1975 children's novel by Robert C. O'Brien
• Zachary, a 1990 novel by Ernest Pintoff

Places

• Zacarias, São Paulo, a municipality in Brazil
• Zachary, Louisiana, a town in the USA
• Az-Zakariyya, an abandoned Arab village in Israel
• Zekharia, a moshav in Israel
• Sdot Micha Airbase, an airbase near Zekharia, formerly known as Zekharia Airbase
• Saint-Zacharie, France
• Saint-Zacharie, Quebec

See also

• Zechariah (biblical)
• All pages beginning with Zac
• All pages beginning with Zak
• All pages beginning with Zec