עזרא

Hebrew

Etymology

Variant of עֶזְרָה (“help, succor”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

עֶזְרָא • (ʿezrāʾ) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ezra or Esdras
  2. (biblical) Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh)
  3. (biblical) Ezra (a Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC)

Derived terms

  • עזרי ('ezri) (nickname)

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), Ἔσρᾱς (Ésrās), Ἔζδρᾱς (Ézdrās)

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