Zacharias

See also: Zachariáš

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, Yahweh has remembered). Compare Zachariah and Zechariah.

Proper noun

Zacharias

  1. Alternative form of Zechariah
  2. A male given name.

Translations


Danish

Proper noun

Zacharias

  1. A male given name, variant of Zakarias.

German

Proper noun

Zacharias m

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
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