prophet Zechariah

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Hebrew prophet biblical prophet human

Prophet Zechariah was a Hebrew biblical prophet of the early Second Temple period, known for his apocalyptic visions and for encouraging the rebuilding and spiritual renewal of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Zechariah	1
Prophet Zechariah	2
ProphetZakariyya	1
Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew prophet ⓘ biblical prophet ⓘ human ⓘ
activeCentury	5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ
activePeriod	early Second Temple period ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	return from the Babylonian exile ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ Judah son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah
authorOf	Book of Zechariah ⓘ
biblicalRole	encouraged rebuilding of the Second Temple ⓘ
bookCategory	The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Minor Prophets Neviim ⓘ
bookInCanon	Book of Zechariah ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical prophet in Christianity ⓘ canonical prophet in Judaism ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Haggai ⓘ Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ Zerubbabel ⓘ
ethnicity	Hebrew ⓘ
father	Berechiah ⓘ
genealogicalDescription	prophet Zechariah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo
grandfather	Iddo ⓘ
influenceOn	New Testament eschatology ⓘ
keyTheme	God’s sovereignty over nations ⓘ covenant faithfulness ⓘ hope for future restoration ⓘ repentance ⓘ
knownFor	apocalyptic visions ⓘ encouraging rebuilding of Jerusalem ⓘ promoting spiritual renewal after the Babylonian exile ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
positionInReligion	prophet ⓘ
propheticStyle	apocalyptic imagery ⓘ symbolic visions ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalSection	The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Twelve Minor Prophets
supportsLeader	Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ surface form: Joshua the high priest Zerubbabel ⓘ
visionTheme	Day of the Lord ⓘ future messianic king ⓘ judgment of nations ⓘ purification of the priesthood ⓘ rebuilding of the Temple ⓘ restoration of Zion ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joshua son of Jehozadak → associatedWith → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Zechariah

Mount of Olives → associatedWith → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedWith → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

Zerubbabel → collaboratedWith → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Zechariah

prophet Zechariah → genealogicalDescription → prophet Zechariah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Zechariah

this entity surface form: Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zechariah

Surah Al-Imran → mentions → prophet Zechariah ⓘ

this entity surface form: ProphetZakariyya