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- Also spelled:
- Zacharias
- Flourished:
- 6th century bc
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Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
Also known as: Zacharias
Zechariah (flourished 6th century bc) was a Jewish prophet whose preachings are recorded in one of the shorter prophetical books in the Old Testament, the Book of Zechariah (q.v.).
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