Transliteration: zekaryâh zekaryâhû

Phonetic: zek-ar-yaw'

BDB Definition:

1. 11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel
2. king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II
3. son of Meshelemiah of Shelemiah, a Korhite, and keeper of the north gate of the tabernacle of the congregation
4. one of the sons of Jehiel
5. a Levite of the second order in the temple band in the time of David
6. one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat
7. son of the high priest Jehoiada, in the reign of Joash king of Judah, who was stoned in the court of the temple
8. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Josiah
9. the leader of the sons of Pharosh who returned with Ezra
   1. son of Bebai
   2. one of the chiefs of the people whom Ezra summoned in council at the river Ahava; stood at Ezra's left hand when Ezra expounded the law to the people
   3. one of the family of Elam who had married a foreign wife after the captivity
   4. ancestor of Athaiah or Uthai
   5. a Shilonite, descendant of Perez, grandfather of Athaiah
   6. a priest, son of Pashur
   7. the representative of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua; possibly the same as 1 above
   8. one of the priests, son of Jonathan, who blew with the trumpets at the dedication of the city wall by Ezra and Nehemiah
   9. a chief of the Reubenites at the time of the captivity by Tiglath-pileser
   10. one of the priests who accompanied the ark from the house of Obed-edom
   11. son of Isshiah of Jesiah, a Kohathite Levite descended from Uzziel
   12. 4th son of Hosah, of the children of Merari
   13. a Manassite, father of Iddo
   14. father of Jahaziel. He prophesied in the spirit
   15. one of the sons of Jehoshaphat
   16. a prophet in the reign of Uzziah, who appears to have acted as the king's counsellor, but of whom nothing is known
   17. father of Abijah or Abi, Hezekiah's mother
   18. one of the family of Asaph in the reign of Hezekiah
   19. one of the rulers of the temple in the reign of Josiah
   20. son of Jeberechiah who was taken by the prophet Isaiah as one of the 'faithful witnesses to record' when he wrote concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Origin: from H2142" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2142 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine