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

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