Zacharias

(1) A priest, father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5); his vision, the angel’s message, struck dumb for unbelief (1:11–23, 40); tongue loosed (1:59–64); his song, the Benedictus (1:67–79; 3:2).

(2) Slain between the temple and the altar (Matt. 23:35; Luke 11:51; see also 2 Chr. 24:20–22).