Ezra

• Ez., Ezr. (book of the Bible)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɹə/

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Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• Azer, Azer., Reza, raze

Ezra

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

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.raː/

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• Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Ezra m

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

• raze

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

• IPA^(key): /ˈezra/

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• Rhymes: -ezra
• Hyphenation: E‧zra

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

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

• “Ezra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

Ezra

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) 1 Ezr.

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

Ezra m (4th declension)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Ezra m anim

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

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Ezra

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

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

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras