Zacharias

noun

Zach·​a·​ri·​as ˌza-kə-ˈrī-əs How to pronounce Zacharias (audio)
: zechariah

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In December 2015, 26-year-old Clermont resident Aaron Zacharias was fatally struck while crossing Lakeshore Drive. — James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025 Investigators found that Navarro’s mother, Dora Asghari, 59, and his friend, Zacharias Diamantides-Abel, 34, would often cash campaign payments. — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025 On a skid car, or a Dodge Charger equipped with what look like shopping cart roller skates on hydraulic rams, Zacharias and Bucknum repeatedly lightened up the front and rear tires to simulate slides. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 This phenomenon was first documented in a 1935 study by Austrian scientist Konrad Zacharias Lorenz. — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Zacharias

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew Zĕkharyāh

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Zacharias was before the 12th century

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Zacharias

noun
Zach·​a·​ri·​as ˌzak-ə-ˈrī-əs How to pronounce Zacharias (audio)
: zechariah

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