Ζαχαρίας

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Hebrew זכריהוּ

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /zdakʰarí.a͜as/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /zakʰaríaːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /zaxarías/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /zaxarías/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /zaxaɾías/

Proper noun

Ζαχαρίας (genitive Ζαχαρίου) m, first declension; (Zakhariās)

1. Zechariah
2. Zacharias

Inflection

    First declension of Ζᾰχᾰρίᾱς, Ζᾰχᾰρίου

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ζᾰχᾰρίᾱς
Genitive	Ζᾰχᾰρίου
Dative	Ζᾰχᾰρίᾳ
Accusative	Ζᾰχᾰρίᾱν
Vocative	Ζᾰχᾰρίᾱ

Descendants

• English:
  • Zacharias
  • Zachariah (influenced by Zechariah)
  • Zachary; Zach; Zack
• Greek: Ζαχαρίας
• Latin: Zacharias

Usage notes

While some sources refer to the Old Testament figure as Zechariah and the New Testament figure as Zacharias, the Greek makes no distinction between the two. Also note that Ζαχαρίας has no accentuation in the LXX.

References

• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G2197