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Zech·a·ri·ah | \ ˌze-kə-ˈrī-ə 
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\Definition of Zechariah
1 : a Hebrew prophet of the sixth century b.c.
2 : a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see Bible Table
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