ZECHARIAH, Persons in the Bible

zĕkˌərīˈə, in the Bible. 1 Prophet and author of the book of Zechariah. 2 Prophet who, with the connivance of King Jehoash, was stoned to death for his public rebuke of idolatry. In the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke it is apparently this martyred Zechariah (NT Zacharias) to whom Jesus referred. See also Berechiah7.3 Prophet in the reign of Uzziah. 4 King, the same as Zachariah1.5 Maternal grandfather of King Hezekiah. Zacharias, Zachariah, and Zachary are forms of the name Zechariah.

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books on: Zechariah Persons in the Bible  - 78 results

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A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology
Book by James Hastings, John A. Selbie; T. & T. Clark, 1904
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...Style of the Bible Ext. , Symbols and...and II. , Timothy person, and Epistles to , Titus person, and Epistle to...Caiaphas, Esther person, and Book of ; Hezekiah...IV. , Zacharias, Zechariah persons, except the prophet...
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Atlas of the Bible
Book by L. H. Grollenberg, Joyce M. H. Reid, H. H. Rowley; Nelson, 1956
Subjects: Bible--Antiquities, Bible--Geography--Maps, Jews--History--To 70 A.D
...translation of the Bible; he revised the existing...poss. an abb. of Zechariah; n. of the rich...Zachariah, see ZECHARIAH 1 . Zacharias, see ZECHARIAH. Zachary, see ZECHARIAH...Zadok, n. of several persons in the O.T., in...
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The Bible Word Book: Concerning Obsolete or Archaic Words in the King James Version of the Bible
Book by Ronaid Bridges, Luther A. Weigle; Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960
Subjects: Bible--English--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Bible--English--Versions--Authorized, Bible--English--Versions--Revised Standard, English Language--Words--History
...devour the flesh of one another," Zechariah 11.9 . ANY , with reference to persons, may be singular or plural; it may mean any one or any persons. The context makes clear that "any...RSV has "There was not a needy person among them" Acts 4.34 . "Lest any...
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Vol. 3
Book by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford Lasor, Lawrence T. Geraty, Edgar W. Smith; W.B. Eerdmans, 1979
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...Mary, the Benedictus of Zechariah 1:68-79, and the Nunc...Elizabeth in the Magnificat and Zechariah in the Benedictus...symmetry in having Mary and Zechariah as authors of hymns of praise, since both persons are recipients of angelic...
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The Land, the Bible, and History: Toward the Land That I Will Show You
Book by Alain Marchadour A.A., David Neuhaus S.J.; Fordham University Press, 2006
Subjects: Bible--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Bible--Geography, Bible--History Of Biblical Events, Bible--History Of Contemporary Events, Catholic Church--Doctrines, Israel--Church History, Israel--History, Palestine--Church History, Palestine--History
...in the canonical list, namely Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. These prophets, writing...dynamic found in the diverse books of the Bible opens up to include all of humanity, of which Israel is a representative. All persons are, in fact, called to live a divine...
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Shepherds, Sticks, and Social Destabilization: a Fresh Look at Zechariah 11:4-17
Journal article by Robert L. Foster; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 126, 2007
Subjects: Bows & arrows
...of this narrative in Zechariah 9-14 and the way it...message of the book of Zechariah. I. SHADOWY SHEPHERDS...though in the Hebrew Bible "shepherd" refers...Yhwhs placing every person "in the hand of his...6 as two different persons, the king and his representative...biblical texts such as Zechariah 1-8 and Nehemiah indicate...
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Themes in Haggai-zechariah-malachi
Journal article by Paul Redditt; Interpretation, Vol. 61, 2007
Subjects: Christianity, Collections, Essays, Theology
...which connect Malachi to Zechariah, Malachis concern appears...OTHER THEMES IN HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH AND MALACHI 1. Lack of Wages...part of what binds Haggai and Zechariah 1-8. As already noted...prophets passed through the same person or school and were edited...
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Children in the Bible
Journal article by John T. Carroll; Interpretation, Vol. 55, 2001
Subjects: Bible, Children & youth, Christianity, Exegesis & hermeneutics, God, Jesus Christ
...Children in the Bible by John T. Carroll...immaturity that the person of faith must...role in molding persons for adulthood...although here persons of faith receive...participation of the person of faith in Gods...and her husband Zechariah as devout Jews...reliance of the person, and community...powerless young persons who are marginalized...
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God the Illeist: Third-person Self-references and Trinitarian Hints in the Old Testament
Journal article by Andrew S. Malone; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 52, 2009
...referring to a third person-another God. Yet this...lest we find that the Bible attests multiple referents...actions in a third-person way, without requiring...one sentence. Modern Bible translators certainly...11), and the second person singular (w 8, 9). The variation of the persons and their pronouns is...
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"And Brought in the Offerings and the Tithes and the Dedicated Things Faithfully" (2 Chron. 31:12): On the Meaning and Function of the Late Iron Age Judahite "Incised Handle Cooking Pots"
Journal article by Aren M. Maeir; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 130, 2010
Subjects: Ancient pottery--Research, Bible and literature--Research, Bible as literature--Research, Biblical literature--Research, Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel, Iron age--Research, Jews--Equipment and supplies, Jews--History, Pottery, Ancient--Research
...Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible, vol. 11. Garden City: Doubleday...I., and N. Silberman. 2001. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeologys New Vision of...1986. Ezekiel, 1-20. The Anchor Bible, vol. 22. Garden City: Doubleday...
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Must the Truth Offend? an Exchange
Magazine article by Jerry L. Walls, J.A. Di Noia; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 1998
Subjects: Christianity--Philosophy, Religion--Philosophy
...might conclude that the persons who make these claims...that the prophecy of Zechariah applied to that event...the disciples need a Bible study from the risen...response He desires from persons who are morally free...is so clear that all persons of good will should...any properly informed person of good will would see...
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Words from the Pulpit: Faith in a Foreign Land
Magazine article by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Summer 2007
Subjects: African culture--Appreciation, African history, Africans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Faith
...lie with, but never persons to be reckoned with...three-fifths of a person. In exile they are...Centuries after the Bible story, people from...When you take away a persons name, you take away...been gracious, ask Zechariah and Elizabeth. (5...history. Wrapped up in a persons name is who he is...
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Is Mormonism Christian?
Magazine article by Bruce D. Porter, Gerald R. Mcdermott; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2008
Subjects: Christian theology--Analysis, Mormonism--Analysis
...to it." Latter-day Saints revere the Bible as the word of God and the scriptural foundation...We regard it as holy writ: equal to the Bible in authority, a second witness of Christs...any canon of Scripture beyond the Holy Bible. The issue then quickly descends into...
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Magazine article by Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 1997
Subjects: Brotherliness--Religious aspects, Christianity and culture--Evaluation, Christianity and politics--Evaluation, Christianity and progress--Evaluation, Equality--Religious aspects, Liberty--Religious aspects
...this trend would unfold. Each person, he said, had first gained...protect some of these disabled persons, placing them under guardianship...to master the cosmos? The Bible teaches that the world has...generation...." (Luke 1:50) Zechariah takes up the same truth in...
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Converts or Proselytes? the Crisis over Conversion in the Early Church
Magazine article by Andrew F. Walls; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 28, January 2004
Subjects: Evangelism, Faith, Religious missions
...critical internal religious change in persons within the Christian community, and here...primary meaning of "conversion" was a persons response to vocation to the religious...The root shubh occurs in the Hebrew Bible no less than 750 times with the sense...
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Announcement of the Birth of John; Luke 1:5-25
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2005
...the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled by what...Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer...people were waiting for Zechariah and were amazed that...WORD Barrenness in the Bible is a symbol of lifelessness...two famous Nazirites (persons consecrated to the Lord...


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Zechariah , Persons in the Bible
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZECHARIAH , persons in the Bible zek ri , in the Bible. 1 Prophet and author of the book of Zechariah . 2 Prophet who, with the connivance...Luke it is apparently this martyred Zechariah (NT Zacharias) to whom Jesus referred...


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