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title: זְכַרְיָה — Zachariah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְכַרְיָה (2148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: Zachariah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְכַרְיָה

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«זְכַרְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zachariah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 2148 · **BDB:** זְכַרְיָהוּ

### Glosses

Zechariah (20); of.Zechariah (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zachariah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** oftener זְכַרְיָה n.pr.m. (Sab. ידֿכראל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 43) 𝔊 Ζαχαρια(ς), etc.:— זכריהו, king of Isr., son of Jerob. II, 2 K 15:8 = זכריה 14:29; 15:11. זכריהו, father of Hezekiah’s mother 2 Ch 29:1 = זכריה 2 K 18:2. זכריהו, contemporary of Isaiah Is 8:2. זכריהו, a Reubenite 1 Ch 5:7. זכריה, a Benjamite 1 Ch 9:37 (𝔊 Ζαχαρια, A Ζαχχουρ 𝔊L Ζεχρει) = זָ֑כֶר 1 Ch 8:31 (v. i. \[זֶכֶר\]). זכריהו, a Manassite 1 Ch 27:21 (𝔊 Ζαβδειου, 𝔊L Ζαχαριου). זכריהו, a son of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 21:2. זכריה, a captain of Jehosh. 2 Ch 17:7. זכריהו, teacher of Uzziah 2 Ch 26:5. Levites, זכריהו: 1 Ch 15:18 = זכריה v 20; 16:5. 1 Ch 24:25. 1 Ch 26:2, 14. 1 Ch 26:11. 2 Ch 20:14. 2 Ch 29:13 (𝔊 Ἀζαριας, A Ζαχαριας, so 𝔊L). זכריה: 1 Ch 9:21. 2 Ch 34:12. an Asaphite Ne 12:35. priests, זכריהו: 1 Ch 15:24. 2 Ch 35:8. זכריה: 2 Ch 24:20 (𝔊 Ἀζαριαν; 𝔊L Ζαχαριαν; prob. referred to Matt 23:35, where appar. confusion with f). Ne 11:12. Ne 12:41. the well-known prophet Zc 1:1, 7; 7:1, 8 Ne 12:16 \[cf. Aramaic Ezr 5:1; 6:14\]. returned exiles, זכריה: Ezr 8:3 and perhaps v 16, cf. Ne 8:4. Ezr 8:11 (𝔊 Ἀζαριας, A Ζαχαριας, so 𝔊L). Ezr 10:26. a man of Judah Ne 11:4. id. Ne 11:5 (𝔊 Θηζεια, א Θηδεια, A Ζαχαριου, so 𝔊L).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְכַרְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.16/)

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לְעִדּ֥וֹא זְכַרְיָ֖ה לְגִנְּת֥וֹן מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* of Iddo Zechariah of Ginnethon Meshullam

*JPS 1917:* of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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[1 Chronicles 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/)

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זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* Zechariah the.son of.Meshelemiah \[was\].a.gatekeeper of.the.entrance of the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

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