bar-a-kı̄´a (ΒαÏαχιÌας, BarachıÌas; the King James Version Barachias; ): Father of Zachariah who was murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. It is possible that reference is made to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (), whom Matthew by mistake calls “Z., the son of Barachiah.†omits the name of the father of Z. (compare Zahn's Kommentar, 649, note).