Ζαχαρίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /za.xaˈri.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /za.xaˈri.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /za.xaˈri.as/
Proper noun
Ζαχαρίᾱς • (Zakharíās) m (genitive Ζαχαρίου); first declension
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
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ζαχαρίᾱς ho Zakharíās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ζαχαρίου toû Zakharíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ζαχαρίᾳ tôi Zakharíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ζαχαρίᾱν tòn Zakharíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ζαχαρίᾱ Zakharíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
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, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN