Strong's H2148 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: זְכַרְיָה (Zᵉkaryâh)

Pronunciation: zek-ar-yaw'

POS: zek-ar-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; from and ; Jah has remembered;

Definition: or זְכַרְיָהוּ; from זָכַר and יָהּ; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites; Zachariah, Zechariah.

KJV Usage: Zachariah, Zechariah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Zechariah = "Jehovah remembers"
• 2. 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
• 3. 2) king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II
• 4. 3) son of Meshelemiah of Shelemiah, a Korhite, and keeper of the north gate of the tabernacle of the congregation
• 5. 4) one of the sons of Jehiel
• 6. 5) a Levite of the second order in the temple band in the time of David
• 7. 6) one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat
• 8. 7) son of the high priest Jehoiada, in the reign of Joash king of Judah, who was stoned in the court of the temple
• 9. 8) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Josiah
• 10. 9) the leader of the sons of Pharosh who returned with Ezra
• 11. 10) son of Bebai
• 12. 11) 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
• 13. 12) one of the family of Elam who had married a foreign wife after the captivity
• 14. 13) ancestor of Athaiah or Uthai
• 15. 14) a Shilonite, descendant of Perez, grandfather of Athaiah
• 16. 15) a priest, son of Pashur
• 17. 16) the representative of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua; possibly the same as 1 above
• 18. 17) one of the priests, son of Jonathan, who blew with the trumpets at the dedication of the city wall by Ezra and Nehemiah
• 19. 18) a chief of the Reubenites at the time of the captivity by Tiglath-pileser
• 20. 19) one of the priests who accompanied the ark from the house of Obed-edom
• 21. 20) son of Isshiah of Jesiah, a Kohathite Levite descended from Uzziel
• 22. 21) 4th son of Hosah, of the children of Merari
• 23. 22) a Manassite, father of Iddo
• 24. 23) father of Jahaziel. He prophesied in the spirit
• 25. 24) one of the sons of Jehoshaphat
• 26. 25) a prophet in the reign of Uzziah, who appears to have acted as the king's counsellor, but of whom nothing is known
• 27. 26) father of Abijah or Abi, Hezekiah's mother
• 28. 27) one of the family of Asaph in the reign of Hezekiah
• 29. 28) one of the rulers of the temple in the reign of Josiah
• 30. 29) 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

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G2197

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