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    Zachariah

    zak-ah-RY-ah

    Meaning

    The LORD remembers; God has remembered

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Psalms

    What it points to

    Zachariah is remembered by God — covenant eternal, prayers heard, a thousand generations kept, the name that proves God forgets no promise.

    Verses · King James Version

    “He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.”

    Psalm 105:8

    “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.”

    Luke 1:13

    Most used in the 1990s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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