Zachărīas, ae, m. (i short, Juvenc. 1, 29; Paul. Nol. 5, 27; Sid. Carm. 16, 36),
= Ζαχαρίας, Zacharias , the father of St. John the Baptist , Vulg. Luc. 1, 5; 1, 12; 1, 13; 3, 2; Lact. 4, 14, 6.
1) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Greek form of Zechariah). • Father of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5) etc. He was a priest of the cou...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary