H2140 H2140
Zaccai (personal name; possibly abbreviated from Zechariah)
A personal name appearing in postexilic lists of returnees: a family head in Ezra 2:9 and Nehemiah 7:14, and possibly the same individual in Nehemiah 3:20 (though the Greek suggests variant traditions). BDB notes a proposal that Zaccai is an abbreviated form of Zechariah. Translations preserve the name with slight variation (Spanish Zacai, Zaccai). The name appears in genealogical and census contexts, identifying a family lineage among the exiles who returned to Judah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name in three postexilic genealogical or census lists (Ezra 2:9; Neh 3:20; 7:14). The multilingual glosses transliterate the name, reflecting its function as a personal identifier. Any etymological connection to Zechariah remains speculative background, not semantically active in these texts. 3×
AR["(زَكَّايَ)", "زَكَّاي", "زَكّايَ"]·ben["(সক্কায়ের)", "সক্কয়ের"]·DE["[(זכי)]", "[זכי]"]·EN["(Zaccai)", "Zaccai", "Zakkay"]·FR["[זכי]"]·heb["(זכי)", "זכי"]·HI["जक्काई-के", "जक्कै-के", "ज़क्कै-के"]·ID["(Zakai)", "Zakai"]·IT["Zaccai"]·jav["Zabai", "Zakai"]·KO["(삽굿-의)", "삭개", "살가이의"]·PT["(Zakkai)", "Zakai", "Zakkay"]·RU["Заккай", "Заккая"]·ES["(Zacai)", "Zacai"]·SW["(Zakai)", "Zakai", "wa-Zakai"]·TR["(Zakkay'nın)", "Zakkay'ın", "Zakkayın"]·urd["(زکائی)", "زکائی-کے", "زکی-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זַכַּי n.pr.m. head of a family of returned exiles, זַכָּ֔י Ezr 2:9 (𝔊 Ζακχου, 𝔊L Ζακχαιου) = Ne 7:14 (𝔊 Ζαθου, A Ζακχουρ, 𝔊L Ζακχαιου); perhaps = זַכַּי Ne 3:20 q.v.; 𝔊 Ζαβ(ρ)ου, 𝔊L Ραββαι. Nes (privately) suggests that this might be abbrev. from זכריה.