Ezra

English

Alternative forms

• Ez., Ezr. (biblical)

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

Book of Ezra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ezra on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

2. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
4. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
5. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
6. A surname from Hebrew.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

Derived terms

• Ezra-Nehemiah

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Esra (af)
• Arabic: عِزْرَا m (ʕizrā)
• Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) sg (Ezras), Եզր sg (Ezr)
• Asturian: Esdres (ast)
• Basque: Esdras (eu)
• Breton: Ezra (br) m
• Catalan: Esdres
• Cebuano: Esdras
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (ji⁵ si¹ laai¹ gei³)

  Eastern Min: 以士拉書 / 以士拉书 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá-cṳ̆)

  Hakka: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ-ki)

  Mandarin: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (zh) (Yǐsīlājì)

• Corsican: Esdra (co)
• Czech: Ezdráš m
• Danish: Ezra (da)
• Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
• Estonian: Esra raamat (et)
• Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
• Finnish: Esra (fi)
• French: Esdras (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Ezra

• Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
• German: Esra (de) m
• Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras)

  Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας m (Ésdras)

• Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
• Hawaiian: ʻEzera
• Hebrew: עֶזְרָא (he) m (ezrá)
• Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
• Icelandic: Esra (is) m
• Ido: Esdras (io)
• Irish: Leabhar Eazrá m, Eazrá m
• Italian: Esdra (it)
• Japanese: エズラ記 (Ezura ki)
• Kazakh: Езра (Ezra)
• Latin: Esdrae (la) m
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Ezra
• Limburgish: Ezra
• Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta’ Esdra (mt)
• Manx: Ezra (gv)
• Māori: Etera (mi)
• Mirandese: Sdras
• Neapolitan: Esdra
• Norwegian: Esra (no)
• Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f
• Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
• Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
• Scots: Ezra
• Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
• Slovak: Ezdráš m
• Slovene: Ezra (sl)
• Spanish: Esdras (es) m
• Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
• Swedish: Esra (sv)
• Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
• Tumbuka: Ezira
• Waray-Waray: Esdras
• Welsh: Esra (cy) m
• Zealandic: Ezra

Jewish high priest

• Afrikaans: Esra (af)
• Arabic: عِزْرَا m (ʕizrā), عُزَيْر m (ʕuzayr)
• Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) (Ezras), Եզր (Ezr)
• Asturian: Esdres (ast)
• Basque: Esdras (eu)
• Breton: Ezra (br) m
• Catalan: Esdres m
• Cebuano: Esdras
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以斯拉 (ji⁵ si¹ laai¹)

  Eastern Min: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá)

  Hakka: 以斯拉 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ)

  Hokkien: 以斯拉 (Í-su-la̍h)

  Mandarin: 以斯拉 (Yǐsīlā)

• Comorian:

  Maore Comorian: Ezra

• Corsican: Esdra (co)
• Czech: Ezdráš m
• Danish: Ezra (da) m
• Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
• Estonian: Esra
• Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
• Finnish: Esra (fi)
• French: Esdras (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Ezra

• Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
• German: Esra (de) m
• Greek: Έσδρας (el) (Ésdras)

  Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας (Ésdras)

• Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
• Hawaiian: ʻEzera
• Hebrew: עֶזְרָא (he) m (ezrá)
• Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
• Icelandic: Esra (is) m
• Ido: Esdras (io)
• Irish: Eazrá m
• Italian: Esdra (it) m
• Japanese: エズラ (Ezura)
• Kazakh: Ғұзайыр (Ğūzaiyr)
• Latin: Esdrās m
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Ezra
• Limburgish: Ezra
• Lithuanian: Ezra m
• Maltese: Esdra m
• Manx: Ezra (gv)
• Māori: Etera (mi)
• Mirandese: Sdras
• Neapolitan: Esdra
• Norwegian: Esra (no) m
• Persian: عزیر ('ozayr)
• Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
• Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
• Russian: Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra)
• Scots: Ezra
• Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
• Slovak: Ezdráš m
• Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
• Spanish: Esdras (es) m
• Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
• Swedish: Esra (sv)
• Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
• Tumbuka: Ezira
• Turkish: Üzeyir (tr)
• Waray-Waray: Esdras
• Welsh: Esra (cy) m
• Zealandic: Ezra

male given name

• Afrikaans: Esra (af)
• Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) sg (Ezras), Եզր sg (Ezr)
• Asturian: Esdres (ast)
• Basque: Esdras (eu)
• Breton: Ezra (br) m
• Cebuano: Esdras
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá)

• Corsican: Esdra (co)
• Czech: Ezdráš m
• Danish: Ezra (da) m
• Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
• Estonian: Esra
• Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
• Finnish: Esra (fi) m
• French: Esdras (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Ezra

• Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
• German: Esra (de) m
• Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras)

  Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας m (Ésdras)

• Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
• Hawaiian: ʻEkela
• Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
• Icelandic: Esra (is) m
• Ido: Esdras (io)
• Irish: Easdras (ga) m
• Italian: Esdra (it) m
• Japanese: エズラ (Ezura)
• Latin: Esdrās m
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Ezra
• Limburgish: Ezra
• Lithuanian: Ezra m
• Maltese: Esdra m
• Manx: Ezra (gv)
• Māori: Etera (mi)
• Mirandese: Sdras
• Neapolitan: Esdra
• Norwegian: Esra (no) m
• Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
• Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
• Russian: Э́здра m (Ézdra), Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra), Э́зра m (Ézra)
• Scots: Ezra
• Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
• Slovak: Ezdráš m
• Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
• Spanish: Esdras (es) m
• Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
• Swedish: Esra (sv) c
• Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Esdras
• Welsh: Esra (cy) m
• Zealandic: Ezra

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ezra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.

Anagrams

• Azer, Azer., Reza, raze

Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
2. Ezra (a Biblical character)

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.raː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra m

1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
2. Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

Anagrams

• raze

Esperanto

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈezra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ezra
• Syllabification: E‧zra

Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Proper noun

Ezra

1. Ezra:
   2. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh
   4. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC

Further reading

• “Ezra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔez.ɾʌ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔes.ɾʌ]
• Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
• Syllabification: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) 1 Ezr.

Related terms

• see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

Latvian

Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension

Declension of Ezra (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	Ezra	Ezras
genitive	Ezras	Ezru
dative	Ezrai	Ezrām
accusative	Ezru	Ezras
instrumental	Ezru	Ezrām
locative	Ezrā	Ezrās
vocative	Ezra	Ezras

Slovene

Proper noun

Ezra m anim

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Ezra

1. (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

See also

books of the Protestant Old Testament: vitabu vya Agano la Kaleedit

• Mwanzo
• Kutoka
• Walawi
• Hesabu
• Kumbukumbu
• Yoshua
• Waamuzi
• Ruthu
• Samueli 1
• Samueli 2
• Wafalme 1
• Wafalme 2
• Mambo ya Nyakati 1
• Mambo ya Nyakati 2
• Ezra
• Nehemia
• Esta
• Yobu
• Zaburi
• Methali
• Mhubiri
• Wimbo Bora
• Isaya
• Yeremia
• Maombolezo
• Ezekieli
• Danieli
• Hosea
• Yoeli
• Amosi
• Obadia
• Yona
• Mika
• Nahumu
• Habakuki
• Sefania
• Hagai
• Zekaria
• Malaki

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔɛz.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔɛs.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ezɾa, (with nativization) -esɾa
• Syllabification: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras