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View Name: Zacchaeus


ZACCHAEUS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
PRONOUNCED: za-KEE-əs (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakkay) which meant "pure". In the New Testament he is a tax collector of Jericho who gives half of his possessions to charity.
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