Zacharias

See also: Zachariáš

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”). Compare Zachariah and Zechariah.

Proper noun

Zacharias

1. Alternative form of Zechariah
2. A male given name from Hebrew.

Translations

Zechariah — see Zechariah

male given name — see Zachary

Danish

Proper noun

Zacharias

1. a male given name, variant of Zakarias

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Zacharias m

1. Zacharias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zacchariās (Vulgate spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίᾱς (Zakharíās), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā́).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /zaˈkʰa.ri.aːs/, [d̪͡z̪äˈkʰäriäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zaˈka.ri.as/, [d̪͡z̪äˈkäːriäs]

Proper noun

Zachariās m sg (genitive Zachariae); first declension

1. Zechariah

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zachariās
Genitive	Zachariae
Dative	Zachariae
Accusative	Zachariān
Ablative	Zachariā
Vocative	Zachariā

References

• “Zacharias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zacharias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.