# Zechariah

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #50,909

## Definitions
1. A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.
2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
4. A Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist.
5. A male given name from Hebrew.

## Etymology
From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/zechariah