Esdras

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English

Etymology

From Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עזרא‎ (Ezra). Doublet of Ezra.

Proper noun

Esdras

1. (biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Esd.

Usage notes

Depending upon which Bible is being examined there are two or four Books of Esdras, with different names and numbering systems. Wikipedia has an article Esdras with a table explaining this.

Related terms

• Ezra

Translations

any of four books

• Afrikaans: Esra (af)
• Basque: Esdras (eu)
• Breton: Ezra (br) m
• Cebuano: Esdras
• Chinese:

  Min Dong: 以士拉書／以士拉书 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá-cṳ̆)

• Czech: Ezdráš m
• Danish: Ezra (da)
• Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
• Estonian: Esra raamat (et)
• Finnish: Esra (fi) m
• French: Esdras (fr)
• German: Esra (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻEzera
• Ido: Esdras (io) m
• Irish: Easdras (ga) m
• Italian: Esdra (it)
• Latin: Esdras m, Esdrae (la) m
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Limburgish: Ezra
• Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta’ Esdra (mt) m
• Norwegian: Esra (no) m
• Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f
• Portuguese: Esdras (pt)
• Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
• Scots: Ezra
• Slovak: Ezdráš m
• Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
• Spanish: Esdras (es)
• Swedish: Esra (sv) m
• Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Esdras
• Welsh: Esra (cy) m
• West Frisian: Ezra

Anagrams

• SDAers, Sardes, Serdas, sarsed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.dʁa/, /ɛs.dʁɑ/

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra
2. (biblical) Esdras

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.draːs/, [ˈɛs̠d̪räːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.dras/, [ˈɛzd̪räs]

Proper noun

Esdrās m sg (genitive Esdrae); first declension

1. Ezra

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Esdrās
Genitive	Esdrae
Dative	Esdrae
Accusative	Esdrān
Ablative	Esdrā
Vocative	Esdrā

Descendants

• English: Esdras

Further reading

• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource ^la

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עֶזְרָא‎.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/ [ˈɛʒ.ðɾɐʃ]

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (any of four books of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (Jewish high priest)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesdɾas/ [ˈez.ð̞ɾas]
• Rhymes: -esdɾas
• Syllabification: Es‧dras

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra (the book of the Bible)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ezra