Ζαχαρίας
Zacharias
Zechariah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) is a proper noun that occurs 9 times in the Bible. Its lemma is Zechariah, which suggests that the Greek name is derived from or related to the Hebrew name Zechariah. The short definition simply states that the name is equivalent to Zechariah. Given the limited data, we can infer that the name Zacharias is associated with a specific individual, likely a well-known figure in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Luke 1:12Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Luke 1:18Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
Luke 1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
Luke 1:40and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
Luke 1:59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Luke 1:67His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
Luke 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.