Strong H2148H2148Cזְכַרְיָהוּ

Zechariah

One of the 30 senses of Strong H2148

Transliteration
zekaryâh zekaryâhû
Pronunciation
{zek-ar-yaw'} zek-ar-yaw'-hoo
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.2;
father of: Abi (H21)

Meaning of the name

Zechariah = "Jehovah remembers"

General definition

From H2142 and H3050; Jah has remembered;
{Zecarjah} the name of twenty nine Israelites: - {Zachariah} Zechariah.

In the biblical story

Zechariah

Mentioned in the genealogy of King Hezekiah

Zechariah is mentioned as the father of Abijah (or Abi), the mother of King Hezekiah of Judah.

In the Bible

Strong H2148C appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zachariah1
  • zechariah1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 18:2
    Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:1
    Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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