Zacharias

See also: Zachariáš

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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Danish

Proper noun

Zacharias

1. a male given name, variant of Zakarias.

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German

Proper noun

Zacharias m

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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.