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)
• Esperanto: Jeĥezkel (eo)
• 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) (Ijezekiilʹ)
• 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