Ezekiel

English

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Etymology

Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל "God strengthens".

Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
2. (biblical) A prophet.
3. A male given name of biblical origin. First used by 17th century Puritans; rare today.

Related terms

• Zeke

Translations

book of the Bible

Danish: Ezekiel (da) Finnish: Hesekiel (fi) French: Ézéchiel (fr) German: Ezechiel (de), ( Protestant also) Hesekiel (de) Greek: Ιεζεκιήλ (el) (Iezekiíl) Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (yekhezkel) Hindi: यहेज़क़ेल (hi) Italian: Ezechiele (it)

Japanese: エゼキエル書 (ezekieru sho) Maltese: Ktieb Eżekjel Norwegian: Esekiel (no) Russian: Иезекииль (ru) Slovene: Ezekiel (sl) Spanish: Ezequiel (es) Swedish: Hesekiel (sv)

male given name

Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (yekhezkel)

Spanish: Ezequiel (es)

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Ezekiel 1:3:

  The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

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Danish

Proper noun

Ezekiel

1. (biblical) Ezekiel