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Zachariah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zak-a-ri'-a (Zacharias; the King James Version, Zacharias): (1) The son of Barachiah, who, Jesus says, was slain between the temple and the altar (Mt 23:35; Lk 11:51). The allusion seems to be to the murder of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2 Ch 24:20 ff). In this case "Barachiah" would seem to be a gloss which has crept into the text through ...

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Zacharias in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Greek form of Zechariah). 1. Father of John the Baptist. Lu 1:5 etc. He was a priest of the course of Abia. the eighth of the twenty-four courses who ministered at the temple in turn. He probably lived at Hebron. His wife's name was Elisabeth. John was born to them in their old age, and the promise of this son was communicated to Zacharias b...

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Zadok in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

za'-dok (tsadowq, once tsadhoq (1 Ki 1:26), similar to tsaddiq, and tsadduq, post-Biblical, meaning justus, "righteous"; Septuagint Sadok): Cheyne in Encyclopedia Biblica suggests that Zadok was a modification of a Gentilic name, that of the Zidkites the Negeb, who probably derived their appellation from the root ts-d-q, a secondary title of ...

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Zachariah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Jeroboam, and the last of the household of Jehu 2Ki 10:30; 14:29; 15:8-12 -2. Grandfather of Hezekiah 2Ki 18:2; 2Ch 29:1...

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Zacharias in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been originally divided by David (1 Chr. 23:1-19). Only four of these courses or "families" of the priests returned from the Exile (Ezra 2:36-39); but they were then re-distributed under the old designations. The priests served at the temp...

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Zadok in Naves Topical Bible

-1. The high priest during the time of David's reign 2Sa 19:11; 20:25; 1Ch 15:11; 16:39 Removes the ark of the covenant from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's usurpation; returns with the ark of the covenant at David's command 2Sa 15:24-36; 17:15,17-21 Stands aloof from Adonijah at the time of his attempted usurpation 1Ki 1:8,26 Summoned...

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Zabulon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zab'-u-lon (Zaboulon): Greek form of "Zebulun" of Mt 4:13,16; Rev 7:8 the King James Version....

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Zacchai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("pure".) Hebrew of Zacchaeus; 760 of the family of Zacchai returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14)....

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Zaccur in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zak'-ur (zakkur, perhaps "ventriloquist" (Gray, Nu, 137)): (1) Father of Shammua the Reubenite spy (Nu 13:4). (2) A Simeonite (1 Ch 4:26); the King James Version "Zacchur." (3) Levites: (a) a Merarite (1 Ch 24:27); (b) a "son" of Asaph (1 Ch 25:2,10; Neh 12:35); (c) Neh 10:12 (Hebrew verse 13), and probably the same as in Neb 13:13, father of Han...

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Zabulon in Naves Topical Bible

-See ZEBULUN...

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