Ζαχαρίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /za.xaˈri.as/ → /za.xaˈri.as/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /za.xaˈri.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /za.xaˈri.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /za.xaˈri.as/

Proper noun

Ζαχαρίᾱς • (Zakharíās) m (genitive Ζαχαρίου); first declension

1. Zechariah
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 9.169

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.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ζαχαρίᾱς; τοῦ Ζαχαρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζαχαρίᾱς ho Zakharíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ζαχαρίου toû Zakharíou
Dative	τῷ Ζαχαρίᾳ tôi Zakharíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ζαχαρίᾱν tòn Zakharíān
Vocative	Ζαχαρίᾱ Zakharíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English:
  • Zacharias
  • Zachariah (influenced by Zechariah)
  • Zachary; Zach; Zack
• Greek: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharías)
• Latin: Zacharias
• → Old Armenian: Զաքարիա (Zakʻaria)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2197 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN