Zechariah
ze.khar.yah is a personal name used for several people in genealogies, offices, royal records, and prophetic messages.
The term is consistently a proper personal name. Its occurrences identify people in family lines and official lists, including musicians and gatekeepers, royal and priestly contexts, and the prophet who receives messages from the LORD.
Senses in use
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Personal name in narrative and records · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In 1 Chronicles 15:20 the APB renders Zechariah among those assigned to play harps, while 1 Chronicles 9:21 identifies Zechariah son of Meshelemiah as a gatekeeper; in 2 Kings 15:8 it names the son of Jeroboam who reigned over Israel, and in Zechariah 1:1 it identifies the prophet to whom the word of the LORD came.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the proper name as “Zechariah,” whether in lists of people, genealogical statements, royal notices, or prophetic-message formulas. Its surrounding wording confirms each verse’s setting rather than supplying a separate lexical sense.