Ezra

English

Etymology

From the Hebrew עזרא (“God helps”).

Proper noun

Ezra

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1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. A Jewish high priest from the fifth century.
3. A male given name of biblical origin.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Ezra 7:6:

  This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Translations

book of the Bible

• Danish: Ezra (da)
• Dutch: Ezra (nl)
• Finnish: Esra (fi)
• French: Esdras (fr)
• German: Esra (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻEzera
• Hebrew: עזרא (‘Ezrā)

• Italian: Esdra (it)
• Japanese: エズラ記 (ezura ki)
• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta' Esdra
• Norwegian: Esra (no)
• Polish: Księga Ezdrasza (pl) f
• Slovene: Ezra (sl)
• Swedish: Esra (sv)

male given name

• Hawaiian: ʻEkela

• Japanese: エズラ (ja) (Ezura)
• Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m

Anagrams

• raze

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Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

1. The fifteenth book of the Bible.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Ezra ?

1. The fifteenth book of the Bible.

Anagrams

• raze