Esdras

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English

Etymology

From Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עזרא (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)
• Italian: Esdra (it)
• Latin: Esdras m, Esdrae (la) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Limburgish: Ezra (li)
• Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta’ Esdra m
• Norwegian: Esra (no) m
• Polish: Księga Ezdrasza
• 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

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French

Proper noun

Esdras m

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

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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
• Template:projectlink

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/

Proper noun

Esdras m

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra (the book of the Bible)