A prophet living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.5.1;

son of: Berechiah (H1296L)

Aramaic of ze.khar.yah (זְכַרְיָה "Zechariah" H2148v)

§ Zechariah = "Jehovah remembers"

11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel