Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: זְכַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehk-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Personal remark: son of Aaron (twin to Isaiah)
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From the Hebrew name
זְכַרְיָה (Zeḵarya) meaning
"Yahweh remembers", from the roots
זָכַר (zaḵar) meaning "to remember" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many characters in the
Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the
New Testament belonging to the father of
John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. He is regarded as a
saint by Christians. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form
Zacharias or the English form
Zachary. As an English given name,
Zechariah has been in occasional use since the
Protestant Reformation.