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Ζαχαρίας, ου, ὁ n.m. Zechariah
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Strong's Definition
Zacharias (i.e. Zechariah), the name of two Israelites
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H02148);
KJV Usage: Zacharias
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ζαχαρίας, -ov, ὁ, (7931 and 37793t i. 6. whom Jehovah remembered), Zacharias or Zachariah or Zechariah ; 1. a priest, the father of John the Baptist: Lk. i. 5, 12sq. 18, 21, 40, 59, 67; iii. 2. 2. a prophet, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was stoned to death in the mid. of the rx. cent. before Christ in the court of the temple: 2 Chr. xxiv. 19 sqq.; Mt. xxiii. 35; Lk. xi. 51. Yet this Zachariah is called in Mt. 1. 6. the son not of Jehoiada but of Barachiah. But most interpreters now think (and correctly) that the Evangelist confounded him with that more noted Zachariah the prophet who lived a little after the exile, and was the son of Barachiah (cf. Zech. i. 1), and whose prophecies have a place in the canon. For Christ, to prove that the Israelites throughout their sa>red history had been stained with the innocent blood of righteous men, adduced the first and the last example of the murders committed on good men; for the bks. of the Chron. stand last in the Hebrew canon. But opinions differ about this Zachariah. For according to an ancient tradition, which the Greek church follows (and which has been adopted by Chr. W. Miiller in the Theol. Stud. τι. Krit. for 1841, p. 673 sqq., and formerly by Hilgenfeld, krit. Untersuchungen iib. die Evangg. Justins, ete., p. 155 and die Evange. nach ihrer Entstehung, p. 100), Zachariah the father of John the Baptist is meant (cf. Protev. Jac. ὁ. 23); others think (so quite recently Keim, iii. 184 [ Eng. trans. v. 218], ef. Weiss, das Matthiiusevang. p. 499) a certain Zachariah son of Baruch (ace. to another reading Βαρισκαίουν. who during the war between the Jews and the Romans was slain by the zealots ἐν μέσῳ τῷ ἱερῷ, as Joseph. Ὁ. j. 4, 5,4 relates. Those who hold this opinion believe, either that Jesus divinely predicted this murder and in the Can and suffering: ἕως τούτου, Lk. xxii. 51 [see ἐάω, 2]; ἔως τοῦ θερισμοῦ, Mt. xiii. 30 L Tr WH txt.; ἕως θανάτου, even to death, so that I almost die, Mk. xiv. 34; Mt. xxvi. 38, (Sir. iv. 28; xxxi. (xxxiv.) 13; xxxvii. 2; 4 Mace. xiv. 19). Z prophetic style said ἐφονεύσατε for φονεύσετε [cf. B. §137,4; W. 273 (256) n.; §40,5b.], or that the Evangelist, writing after the destruction of Jerusalem, by an anachronism put this murder into the discourse of Jesus. These inventions are fully refuted by Fritzsche on Mt. l. c., and Bleek, Erkliir. der drei ersten Evangg. ii. p. 177 “sqq:; ef. Hilgenfeld, Einl. in ἃ. N. T. p. 487 sq.; [and Dr. James Morison, Com. on Mt., 1. e.; B. D.s. v. Zechariah 6 and s. v. Zacharias 11].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ζαχαρίας Zacharias 11x
Zacharias, pr. name. (1) Son of Barachias, Mt. 23:35; Lk. 11:51. (2) Father of Jn. the Baptist, Lk. 1:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ζαχαρίας, -ου, ὁ (Heb. זְכַרְיָה, זְכַרְיָהוּ); Zacharias, father of John the Baptist: Lk 1:5, 12, 13, 18, 21, 40, 59, 67 3:2.
Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (in txt. wrongly called son of Barachiah; cf. II Ch 24:19 ff.): Mt 23:35, Lk 11:51.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) — Zechariah. Ζαχαρίας, -ου, ὁ (Heb. זַכַּי);
1. Zacharias, father of John the Baptist: Luk.1:5, 12-13 1:18, 21 1:40, 59 1:67 3:2.
2. Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (in txt. wrongly called son of Barachiah; cf. 2Ch.24:19 ff.): Mat.23:35, Luk.11:51.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) — Zechariah. Ζαχαρίας, -ου, ὁ (Heb. זַכַּי);
1. Zacharias, father of John the Baptist: Luk.1:5, 12-13 1:18, 21 1:40, 59 1:67 3:2.
2. Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (in txt. wrongly called son of Barachiah; cf. 2Ch.24:19 ff.): Mat.23:35, Luk.11:51.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)